1/2 Dollar Boys Town Centennial

€104,139.00
IssuerUnited States
Year2017
TypeNon-circulating coin
Value1/2 Dollar = 50 Cents (1/2 USD)
CurrencyDollar (1785-date)
CompositionCopper-nickel clad copper
Weight11.340 g
Dimensions30.61 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)Obverse: Renata Gordon
Reverse: Phebe Hemphill
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#659
Obverse descriptionAn older brother holding the hand of his younger brother in 1917. They walk toward Father Flanagan’s Boys Home and the 1940s Pylon representing what would become Boys Town.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringBOYS TOWN 1917 2017 IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY Saving Children
Reverse descriptionPresent-day Boys Town neighborhood of homes where children are schooled and nurtured by caring families. Out of these homes come young adults who graduate from high school and the Boys Town program.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringUNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM Healing Families HALF DOLLAR
EdgeReeded
MintD
United States Mint of Denver,United States (1906-date)
S
United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)
Mintage2017 D - - 15 525
2017 S - Proof - 23 164
Catalog ID7652648580
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