Lot 2569
Sale 103 · Important Australian & World Coins, Tokens, Medals & Banknotes
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USA, 1937 Roanoke Island, North Carolina, 350th anniversary commemorative silver half dollar. Brilliant, uncirculated.
In a slab by PCGS as MS64. Mintage was 29,030. A celebration was held in the Old Fort Raleigh in 1937 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Sir Walter Raleigh's 'Lost Colony' and the birth of Virginia Dare, the first white child born in British North America. The obverse has the portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh and the reverse a figure representing Ellinor Dare holding her child Virginia.
- Estimate
- $260
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $300