A frontiersman holding a chart of Kentucky and a musket, facing an American Indian holding a tomahawk. In the background, a blockhouse stockade and a sun with rays appear.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
IN GOD WE TRUST
E PLURIBUS UNUM
DANIEL
BOONE
BICENTENNIAL
1934
PIONEER
YEAR
1935 (Translation: In God we Trust Out of Many, One Daniel Boone Bicentennial 1934 Pioneer Year 1935)
Reverse description
A portrait of Daniel Boone. Since no known portraits of him exist, this is an artist`s conception.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HALF DOLLAR
Edge
Reeded
Mint
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) D United States Mint of Denver,United States (1906-date) S United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)
Mintage
1934 - KM# 165.1 - 10 007 1935 - KM# 165.1 - 10 010 1935 - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 10 008 1935 D - KM# 165.1 - 5 005 1935 D - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 2 003 1935 S - KM# 165.1 - 5 005 1935 S - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 2 004 1936 - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 12 012 1936 D - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 5 005 1936 S - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 5 006 1937 - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 9 810 1937 D - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 2 506 1937 S - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 2 506 1938 - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 2 100 1938 D - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 2 100 1938 S - KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) - 2 100