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from 500,000 to 300,000, attracting the attention of Gard, who asked the reason for the change and was told the original bill had a typographical error. Walsh had told the committee that he had selected the figure of 500,000 since the
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returning any to the Mint for redemption and melting. The first order had not exhausted the authorized mintage, so the tercentenary commission ordered 100,000 more during the spring of 1921 when sales slowed. These were coined in July, together with 53 pieces held for the 1922 Assay
Commission, and they have the year of issue added on the obverse to the left of Bradford. This was done to comply with the
478:, usually designated a specific organization allowed to buy them at face value and to vend them to the public at a premium. In the case of the Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar, the enabling legislation did not name an organization, but it was the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission; profits from the coin were to go towards financing the observances in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims' arrival.
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more than for the state coins; Walsh responded that it was because the coin was for a 300th anniversary rather than just a 100th. Gard followed up this point, asking if it had been a 400th anniversary, whether even more coins would be justified, and Walsh agreed. Both Walsh and Vestal were asked by Gard how many half dollars were in circulation, but neither legislator knew. Washington
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668:. On examining Dallin's work, Fraser deemed the lettering crude, and in an undated letter to Moore (probably late August) regretted that there was no opportunity to make changes. He suggested that the Mint be urged to allow three months in future for CFA consideration. After the commission met on September 3, a letter to that effect was sent to the
653:, a Boston sculptor known for his portrayals of Native Americans and works related to the Pilgrims. As the legislation was not approved until May 12, 1920, and the commission hoped to have the coins available for sale as early as possible, Dallin was urged to hurry with his work. The selection of Dallin apparently delighted
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to which Walsh replied, "why, I think very likely, especially on Cape Cod." Gard indicated his hope that he could spend a few days there that summer, and Vestal stated that Gard would be welcome to obtain and spend half dollars in any of the three states celebrating anniversaries. The bill passed the
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asked if there was any urgency. McLean replied that as the three coin bills were to mark ongoing anniversaries, there was a need to have them authorized and get the production process started. All three bills passed the Senate without opposition and the
Pilgrim bill was enacted with the signature of
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a major goal. The commission had recommended the issuance of commemorative stamps, and also a federal appropriation, but it was not until Walsh saw a committee report for the Maine
Centennial piece listed on a House document that he came up with the idea of a commemorative coin for the anniversary.
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asked a number of questions about various matters, including regarding the wisdom of having so many half-dollar designs issued, though he did not object to the passage of either bill. After the
Pilgrim bill came to the floor, Gard asked Walsh why the bill provided for 500,000 half dollars, so much
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of Boston which sold the coins for $ 1 each to the public, with the profits to go to the tercentenary commission. The coins could be ordered through any bank in Boston or
Plymouth. Swiatek believed the sale of 1920-dated coins to have been very successful, and there was no thought at that time of
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Indiana noted that the price of silver had risen so high that the Mint might be out of pocket in striking the coins, and asked if the federal government would cover any losses; Vestal responded that Massachusetts would. Vestal then moved the committee amendment to reduce the authorized mintage
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perished during the first winter, Bradford was elected in his place, and served 15 two-year terms. He guided the colony from the communal economy necessary at first, to privatization, greatly increasing the harvest in the process. His diaries were published as
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So they left that goodly and plesante citie, which had been their resting place near 12 years; but they knew they were pilgrimes and looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest cuntrie, and quieted their spirits.
436:), although they had expected to settle further south and were ill-equipped for a Massachusetts winter. Half died before spring came. There had been few Native Americans in the area, but in 1621, the settlers were approached by a group, including two,
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Walsh appeared and explained to the committee that Congress had previously authorized a commission to work with state and local authorities in planning for observances which were to be held in December 1920 on the 300th anniversary of the
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put it, to pander to the desire of numismatists to achieve complete sets. The handwriting was on the wall, and in the same year it soon became every collector for himself against the greed of the issuers of the 1921 Alabama and
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of 1907. Walsh stated that more were being asked for (500,000) than for the Alabama coin because of the great interest in the celebration; he suggested that to increase regional interest, the coins be struck at all the mints
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reported it back with a recommendation it pass. On May 3, McLean asked that the three coin bills (Maine, Alabama and Pilgrim) be considered by the Senate immediately, rather than awaiting their turns, but Utah Senator
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s passenger list was formed from some Separatists who had gone to the Netherlands and some who had stayed in England, as well as a scattering of others. Some would-be pioneers were left behind due to problems with the
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landing, and were also to occur the following summer. Although events were to be held elsewhere in Massachusetts, and even outside the state, the focus would be on Plymouth, with the beautification of the area around
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deemed the Pilgrim coin to be the first time that a commemorative half dollar had been struck over multiple years for the purpose of making numismatists buy multiple coins to keep their collections complete:
730:. Bradford's portrait is in any case an invention; no genuine likeness of him is known. The crudeness of the lettering complained of by Fraser is not apparent due to the relatively small size of the coins.
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of Colorado. Smoot, however, stated if the bills had not been considered by about 2:00 pm, there would probably not be any objection. When McLean tried again to advance the coin bills, Kansas Senator
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of the coin features William Bradford. He wears a hat and carries a Bible under his arm. Bradford, noted for piety, is intended to be seen in a moment of meditation. Dallin's plaster models had the words
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asked whether the coin was to commemorate the original landing of the Pilgrims at Provincetown or their subsequent landing at Plymouth, but Walsh did not answer the question definitively. Congressman
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moved that the committee approve the amended bill, and this carried. Vestal issued a report on behalf of his committee on March 26, 1920, indicating his committee's support for the bill once amended.
834:(2015) lists the 1920 at between $ 85 and $ 650 and the 1921 at between $ 170 and $ 850, each depending on condition. An exceptional specimen of the 1920 sold at auction in 2014 for $ 7,344.
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criticized some aspects of the design, but the Treasury approved it anyway. After a promising start, sales tailed off, and tens of thousands of coins from each year were returned to the
756:, in his volume on U.S. coins and medals, deemed the Pilgrim half dollar "a masterpiece in the conservative tradition". He suggested that Dallin's portrait of Bradford was influenced by
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began soon after; sales dropped, and tens of thousands of both dates remained unsold. The tercentenary commission returned 48,000 of the 1920 issue and 80,000 of the 1921 to the Mint.
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1508:. Chicago: KWS Publishers.
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580:John Franklin Miller
537:Jamestown Exposition
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1908:Taylor-Dallin House
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814:Coinage Act of 1873
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533:William A. Ashbrook
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1607:978-0-674-62840-3
1564:978-0-668-01536-3
1542:978-0-668-04765-4
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912:, pp. 44â45.
826:R. S. Yeoman
818:recession of 1921
801:Philadelphia Mint
794:Mayflower Compact
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554:William L. Nelson
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2289:(2010â2021)
2135:3¢ (bronze)
2112:2¢ (billon)
2059:5¢ (silver)
2054:3¢ (nickel)
2049:3¢ (silver)
1974:Circulating
1710:Paul Revere
849:B. Max Mehl
773:Santa MarĂa
763:The Puritan
691:The Puritan
630:Preparation
575:Warren Gard
482:Legislation
462:John Carver
292:Numismatist
227:Design date
182:Design date
80:Composition
49:12.5 g
2691:Categories
2257:Gold Eagle
2069:$ 1 (gold)
1756:The Picket
1697:Sculptures
1551:Taxay, Don
1188:1920
1166:1920
1144:1920
1122:1920
1100:1920
1063:1920
861:References
739:flying jib
708:HOLY BIBLE
641:(1920) by
622:President
606:Reed Smoot
372:Mayflower'
301:Background
134:Mint marks
39:US dollars
2732:Mayflower
2310:Proof Set
1832:Massasoit
1824:Massasoit
1772:The Scout
1478:711779330
1072:5947â5950
866:Citations
743:Mayflower
735:Mayflower
720:mint mark
566:Mayflower
519:Mayflower
424:Mayflower
381:Mayflower
377:Speedwell
368:Speedwell
363:Mayflower
357:Speedwell
282:Sculptor
210:Mayflower
163:Governor
111:1920â1921
62:Thickness
2316:Mint Set
2104:Canceled
2017:Obsolete
1618:(2015).
1592:(1971).
1553:(1967).
1527:(1981).
1447:(1992).
1392:Vermeule
1380:Vermeule
1269:Vermeule
1227:Slabaugh
946:Slabaugh
910:Slabaugh
883:Slabaugh
854:Missouri
688:Part of
415:Cape Cod
385:Plymouth
324:Puritans
317:Brownist
313:Pilgrims
258:Pilgrims
217:Designer
172:Designer
54:Diameter
2607:Portals
2243:Bullion
2125:⁄
2029:⁄
1917:Related
1437:Sources
1288:Swiatek
1004:May 21,
959:Pub. L.
776:on the
703:obverse
610:dumping
442:Squanto
438:Samoset
432:(today
426:Compact
190:Reverse
146:Obverse
116:Mintage
2401:1930s
1867:(1929)
1859:(1924)
1851:(1923)
1843:(1922)
1819:(1915)
1811:(1913)
1803:(1913)
1797:(1911)
1789:(1910)
1775:(1910)
1767:(1908)
1759:(1905)
1751:(1904)
1743:(1899)
1735:(1893)
1729:(1892)
1721:(1890)
1628:
1604:
1561:
1539:
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1493:
1476:
1457:
1428:Bowers
1416:Yeoman
1404:Bowers
1315:Bowers
1242:Bowers
1210:Bowers
967:66â182
965:
728:cravat
680:Design
548:, and
546:Denver
407:Leiden
379:. The
348:guilds
244:was a
204:Design
160:Design
97:Silver
74:Reeded
2645:Money
2389:1910s
2233:2020s
2228:2010s
2223:2000s
2218:1990s
2213:1980s
2208:1970s
2203:1950s
2198:1940s
2193:1930s
2188:1920s
2183:1910s
2178:1900s
2173:1800s
2155:$ 100
2074:$ 2.5
1875:Coins
1356:Taxay
1327:Taxay
1257:Taxay
981:Flynn
934:Taxay
922:Flynn
898:Flynn
387:, in
315:were
34:Value
2621:Arts
2582:1928
2566:1927
2545:1926
2514:1925
2498:1924
2482:1923
2466:1922
2435:1921
2414:1920
2150:$ 50
2094:$ 20
2089:$ 10
1783:and
1626:ISBN
1602:ISBN
1559:ISBN
1537:ISBN
1510:ISBN
1491:ISBN
1474:OCLC
1455:ISBN
1197:6454
1175:6443
1153:6202
1131:5966
1109:5950
1006:2016
799:The
701:The
446:corn
440:and
311:The
236:The
230:1920
207:The
185:1920
70:Edge
46:Mass
2145:$ 4
2140:$ 2
2084:$ 5
2079:$ 3
2064:20¢
2007:$ 1
2002:50¢
1997:25¢
1992:10¢
828:'s
716:hub
712:CED
694:by
240:or
2693::
2044:2¢
1987:5¢
1982:1¢
1580:.
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1307:^
1276:^
1249:^
1234:^
1217:^
1193:,
1171:,
1149:,
1127:,
1105:,
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672:,
544:,
342:.
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2387:â
2375:e
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2361:v
2130:¢
2127:2
2123:1
2120:+
2118:2
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