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50 Cents - Hyde Park - Kenwood Chicago, Illinois
| Emittent | Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference |
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| Jahr | 1962 |
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| Währung | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | The obverse features a semicircular vignette in the upper field depicting a steam locomotive at left juxtaposed with a modern urban skyline at right, with radiating sunburst lines filling the background, symbolizing the neighborhood's century of progress. The bold legend '100 YEARS' is inscribed across the center of the design in large raised numerals. Below, a horizontal band carries the community motto: 'SEEKING TO ATTAIN DIGNITY OF ALL MEN THROUGH UNDERSTANDING AND LIVING TOGETHER IN MUTUAL RESPECT.' The centennial date span '1862-1962' appears in the lower central field. The peripheral legend reads 'HYDE PARK - KENWOOD' at top and 'CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION' at bottom, with 'CHICAGO · COOK COUNTY · ILLINOIS' inscribed along the inner border arc. |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference was one of the earliest and most organized urban renewal advocacy groups in the United States, founded in 1949 to stabilize the racially integrated neighborhood surrounding the University of Chicago at a moment when blockbusting and white flight were systematically dismantling similar communities across the country. This token was issued amid that effort — a local scrip or commemorative piece used to build civic identity and raise funds during a period when the neighborhood was actively fighting redlining and disinvestment.
The 1962 date places it squarely in the aftermath of the controversial Hyde Park–Kenwood urban renewal plan, finalized in 1958, which demolished significant portions of the neighborhood and displaced thousands of lower-income Black residents — a decision that drew sustained national criticism.