½ Dollar (Sesquicentennial of American Independence) , United States
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Obverse
Busts of George Washington and Calvin C. Coolidge. The latter was the President at the time of issue and represented the first time that a U.S. President appeared on a coin during his lifetime.
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✿LIBERTY✿ IN GOD WE TRUST UNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA
Reverse
Liberty Bell
Latin
SESQUICENTENNIAL·OF·AMERICAN·INDEPENDENCE E·PLURIBUS·UNUM 1776 1926 ·HALF·DOLLAR·
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