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1/2 Dollar Maine Statehood Centennial
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1/2 Dollar = 50 Cents (1/2 USD) |
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| Obverse lettering | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HALF DOLLAR |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820 as part of the Missouri Compromise, a legislative bargain that admitted Missouri as a slave state simultaneously to preserve the sectional balance. Congress authorized the centennial half dollar in 1920, and the entire authorized mintage of 50,028 pieces was struck at Philadelphia in a single year — no branch mint issues exist for this type.
Most were sold directly to the Maine Centennial Commission at a premium over face value. Genuine circulation examples are essentially nonexistent.