½ Dollar (Boys Town Centennial) , United States
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Coin Details
Obverse
An older brother holding the hand of his younger brother in 1917. They walk toward Father Flanagan’s Boys Home and the 1940s Pylon representing what would become Boys Town.
Latin
BOYS TOWN 1917 2017 IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY Saving Children
Reverse
Present-day Boys Town neighborhood of homes where children are schooled and nurtured by caring families. Out of these homes come young adults who graduate from high school and the Boys Town program.
Latin
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM Healing Families HALF DOLLAR
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