Roanoke Island, North Carolina: Commemorative Silver Half Dollar. Commemorative issue 350th Anniversary of the Colonization of Roanoke Island Obverse Profile portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, who had been granted the charter for colonization by Queen Elizabeth I. Lettering: · UNITED · STATES · OF AMERICA · · · E · PLURIBUS · UNUM · · LIBERTY · 1937 · SIR WALTER RALEIGH · · HALF · DOLLAR · Engraver: William Marks Simpson 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. Lettering: · THE · COLONIZATION · OF · ROANOKE · ISLAND · NORTH · CAROLINA · · THE · BIRTH · OF VIRGINIA DARE IN GOD WE TRUST 1587 · 1937 Engraver: William Marks Simpson Edge Reeded. Ancient Coins Guaranteed Authentic. The item “1937 50c Roanoke Island, North Carolina Commemorative half dollar NGC 66 BLAST” is in sale since Sunday, May 23, 2021. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ US\Commemorative\Silver (1892-1954)”. The seller is “redoubt_numismatics” and is located in San Antonio, Texas. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Composition: Silver
- Known Mintage: 29,030
- Certification Number: 1898788-024
- Strike Type: Business
- Grade: MS 66
- KM Number: KM 186
- Certification: NGC
- Weight: 12.5 grams
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Denomination: 50C
- Type: Commemorative
- Year: 1937
- Mint Location: Philadelphia
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Diameter: 30.6 mm