Issued to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the settlement of New Netherlands, the 1924 Huguenot Walloon Tercentenary Half Dollar was the only commemorative coin released for the year. The following year would see the issuance of coins under four different programs, the greatest number to date, although it would later be exceeded. The subject of commemoration was the founding of New Netherlands, now New York, by a group of Dutch colonists in 1624. A church group known as the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission sought the commemorative coin program, which was eventually approved. There was some controversy about the role of government in creating a fund raiser for a private church group, although the program proceeded. A quantity of 300,000 of the 1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Half Dollars were authorized. Authorization: Public Law 67-440. Maximum Authorized Mintage: 300,000. Lettering: UNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA IN GOD WE TRUST COLIGNY · WILLIAM·THE·SILENT HUGUENOT-HALF·DOLLAR. TERCENTENARY 1624 1924 FOUNDING. Philadelphia, United States (1792-date). This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins: US\Commemorative\Silver (1892-1954)”. The seller is “willarity” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.
- Composition: Silver
- Strike Type: Business
- Fineness: 0.9
- Grade: Ungraded
- KM Number: 154
- Certification: Uncertified
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Denomination: 50C
- Year: 1924
- Features: Commemorative
- Mint Location: Philadelphia
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Variety: Huguenot
