1948 (D) Booker T. Washington Half Dollar
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- Price realized
- $17,400
- Sold
- Grade
- MS67+
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
The 1948 (D) Booker T. Washington Half Dollar is a commemorative half dollar struck at the Denver Mint. The Denver Mint's net mintage of Booker T. Washington half dollars dated 1948 was 8,005. Authorized in 1946 to honor Booker T. Washington. The obverse features a bust of Booker T. Washington facing right, the African American educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute, while the reverse displays the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University, with a log cabin below representing Washington's birth as a slave in 1856. Designed by Isaac Scott Hathaway. Mintages began declining as collector interest waned. Struck in 90% silver, 10% copper, weighing 12.5 grams, 30.6 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. Cataloged as PCGS #9413. The Booker T. Washington Half Dollar was the first U.S. coin to honor an African American. It was designed by Isaac Scott Hathaway, who was himself African American — a first for a U.S. Mint coin designer.
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