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50 Cents - Hudson Champlain Celebrations
| Issuer | Greater Albany Chamber of Commerce |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Weight | 12.5 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a three-masted sailing vessel, evocative of Henry Hudson's Half Moon, shown underway to the right with sails set and flags flying from each mast, rendered above stylized waves. The circumferential legend at the top reads HUDSON - CHAMPLAIN CELEBRATION, while the lower field bears the commemorative date range 1609-1959 and the issuing locality ALBANY COUNTY, NEW YORK arranged along the lower border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued by the Greater Albany Chamber of Commerce to mark the 1959 Hudson-Champlain Celebration, which commemorated the 350th anniversary of Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage up the river bearing his name and Samuel de Champlain's exploration of the lake to the north in the same year. These civic so-called dollars — technically fractional scrip pieces like this 50-cent denomination — were sold to the public as souvenirs and used as local trade currency during the festivities, a fundraising mechanism that Albany-area chambers had employed since at least the 1930s.