½ Dollar (Bridgeport) , United States
1936
Obverse
Reverse
Coin Details
Obverse
Description:
Phineas Taylor Barnum facing left.
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
BRIDGEPORT · CONNECTICUT · CENTENNIAL P. T. BARNUM 1836-1936
Engravers:
Henry Kreis
Reverse
Description:
A modernistic interpretation of an eagle.
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN GOD WE TRUST E PLURIBUS UNUM LIBERTY HALF DOLLAR
Engravers:
Henry Kreis
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Year1936
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Obverse: The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" and the lettering "LIBERTY" surrounded with the denomination and the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Reverse: An immigrant family is shown approaching Ellis Island with a mixture of hope and uncertainty with a hospital building in the background
