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50 Cents - Dakota Territory Centennial Bismarck, North Dakota
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a central device depicting the portrait of Four Bears, a Mandan chief, wearing a feathered headdress, set against a radiating sunburst field. To the right is a scene of a covered wagon and sod house on the prairie, flanked by wheat stalks. The legend DAKOTA arcs across the top, with FOUR BEARS, the centennial dates 1861 - 1961, and TERRITORY CENTENNIAL inscribed in the lower field and along the bottom rim. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely text-based, with the circular legend DAKOTA TERRITORY CENTENNIAL at the top and NORTH DAKOTA SOUVENIR COIN along the bottom rim. The central field carries the denomination 50¢ IN TRADE 50¢ in large relief, above a multi-line inscription stating the token's redemption terms, valid at any cooperating business or redeemable at face value at the North Dakota Centennial Headquarters, Bismarck, until December 31, 1961. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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