½ Dollar - San Diego (California-Pacific Exposition) , United States
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Obverse
Seated Minerva, Goddess of wisdom, holding a spear in one hand and a shield with the other, a cornucopia next to the shield, a grizzly bear In front of the spear, and a ship, a gold miner, and mountains in the background
Latin
.UNITED.STATES.OF.AMERICA. EVREKA LIBERTY HALF.DOLLAR
Reverse
Chapel of St. Francis, and the California Tower
Latin
CALIFORNIA.PACIFIC.INTERNATIONAL.EXPOSITION SAN DIEGO 1935 IN GOD WE TRUST
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