Lot 1860
1954-S Carver-Washington Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Natural russet toning hugs to the outside borders. A mark-free gem and a candidate for Finest Known. The jugate portraits are of George Washington Carver, at left, and Booker T. Washington, on a larger scale. Date behind Carver's neck is that of issue of the individual coins -- 1951 through 1954. The reverse was originally to show the American Legion badge with the motto UNITED AGAINST THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM and a reference to some group calling itself the National Americanism Commission, together with the names of the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial in Virginia and the George W. Carver National Monument Foundation in Missouri. However, after the State Department vetoed this reverse -- in an action unprecedented in the history of American coinage -- the designer substituted the less politically charged design adopted, with a map of the United States and the usual mottoes. Pop 3; none finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 9444) Estimated Value $5,000-UP
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