1/2 Dollar 75th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam

Issuer United States
Year 1937
Type Non-circulating coin
Value 1/2 Dollar = 50 Cents (1/2 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 12.50 g
Diameter 30.60 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) William Marks Simpson
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#190
Obverse description General Robert Edward Lee and General George Brinton McClellan facing left.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering ★ ★ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ★ ★ ★ IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY ·GEN·GEORGE·B·MC·CLELLAN· ·GEN·ROBERT·E·LEE· HALF DOLLAR
Reverse description The Burnside Bridge, which was an important tactical objective of the battle.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering · SEVENTY · FIFTH · ANNIVERSARY · BATTLE · OF · ANTIETAM · · E · PLURIBUS · UNUM · · THE · BURNSIDE · BRIDGE · · SEPTEMBER 171862 · 1937ั
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 1937 - Philadelphia - 18 028
Numisquare ID 4121472050
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