½ Dollar (Norfolk) , United States
1936
Obverse
Reverse
Coin Details
Obverse
Description:
Seal of the city of Norfolk (a full-rigged sailing ship over wheat sheaves and plow) .
Script:
Latin
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
Engravers:
William Marks SimpsonMarjorie Emory Simpson
Reverse
Description:
Royal scepter of Norfolk, which was presented by Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie in 1753.
Script:
Latin
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
Engravers:
William Marks SimpsonMarjorie Emory Simpson
Specifications
Categories
Issuer Hierarchy
Year1936
