½ Dollar (Roanoke Island) , United States
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Obverse
Profile portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, who had been granted the charter for colonization by Queen Elizabeth I.
Latin
· UNITED · STATES · OF AMERICA · · · E · PLURIBUS · UNUM · · LIBERTY · 1937 · SIR WALTER RALEIGH · · HALF · DOLLAR ·
Reverse
Ellinore Dare and her child Virginia Dare, who was the first child born in America to English parents. To each side are sailing ships and below is a pine branch.
Latin
· THE · COLONIZATION · OF · ROANOKE · ISLAND · NORTH · CAROLINA · · THE · BIRTH · OF VIRGINIA DARE IN GOD WE TRUST 1587 · 1937
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