United States of America, Washington Half Dollar 1982 Silver Proof

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In 1982 the United States Government again honoured their first President, George Washington. This time it was on a commemorative Half Dollar. Don’t forget he was already on the quarter and the dollar bill, so this was his third attempt at numismatic immortality. You have George riding his horse on one side and Mount Vernon, his home, on the reverse. This was the first commemorative half dollar since 1954. They are struck in 900 fine Silver. and are in Proof condition. It has been a little while since we were last able to offer this important commemorative coin. Even in America, the supply seems to be drying up...
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US Dollars Commemorating former President George Washington

George Washington is often remembered as a figure carved in marble: stern, distant, and unapproachable. As the face on the quarter and the name upon the monument, he serves as the symbolic patriarch of the United States. However, behind the stoic imagery lies a man of profound complexity—a leader who enjoyed dancing, struggled to control a fiery temper, and arguably made the most significant decision in American history not by seizing power, but by relinquishing it. next...