Seal of the city of Norfolk (a full-rigged sailing ship over wheat sheaves and plow) .
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
BOROUGH · OF · NORFOLK ·
BICENTENNIAL
TOWN · 1682 · BOROUGH · 1736 · CITY · 1845
· CITY · OF · NORFOLK · VIRGINIA ·
ET · TERRA · ET · MARE · DIVITIAE · TUAE
· CRESCAS ·
1936 (Translation: Both by Land and by Sea Thy Riches Are Thou Shalt Grow)
Reverse description
Royal scepter of Norfolk, which was presented by Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie in 1753.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
· UNITED · STATES · · OF · AMERICA
·
NORFOLK VIRGINIA
LAND GRANT
16 36
IN · GOD · WE TRUST
E · PLURIBUS UNUM
LIBERTY
· HALF DOLLAR · (Translation: out of many, one)