May 18: Congressional legislation restores the motto, “In God We Trust” to the coins of the United States.President Theodore Roosevelt appoints Frank A. Leach of California the 20th Mint Director. Although one of the Mint’s major facilities is in California, to date, only one Mint Director has been appointed from that state.April 18: The (Old) San Francisco Mint becomes the financial hub and lifeline for the city after a massive earthquake levels the area, destroying the sub treasury and all the banks. ( The structure and its contents are saved from fire by the superintendent and employees. As the only financial institution able to conduct city business the Mint acts as a treasury for relief fund efforts to assist those in need.).March 01: Coinage operations are suspended at the New Orleans Mint due to lack of bullion for silver coinage.February 01: Coinage operations begin at the Denver Mint.November 23: Mint employee George Edward Adams, is arrested and charged with stealing gold from deposits while they are awaiting assay. He is indicted, pleads guilty to two counts totaling $45,000 in stolen gold, and is sentenced to 10 years hard labor.
April, 13: Public Law No. 111, 58th Congress, authorizes the coinage of the Lewis and Clark Exposition commemorative gold dollar.June 28: Public Law No.182, 57th Congress, authorizes the coinage of the Louisiana Exposition commemorative gold dollars. These are the first commemorative gold coins, produced with two different obverse portrait designs: one with the profile of Thomas Jefferson, the other with William McKinley.June 13: Ceremonies mark the completion of the third Philadelphia Mint building on Spring Garden Street. Cost of building and site was $2,000,000. “No pains have been spared to provide this mint with the best machinery to be had, and…it will be…a model institution.”.April 14: The Gold Standard Act fixes the value of the dollar against gold and the United States goes off the bimetallism standard.Ironically, the initial unpopularity of the design which led to low sales, now makes this one of the more valuable commemorative coins due to the low resulting mintage. The coins were offered for sale at $1 each and ultimately only sold 141,120 pieces. In anticipation of widespread demand the entire amount was struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
The Sesquicentennial Half Dollars were authorized in a quantity of up to one million coins.
US LIBERTY COINS 1926 USED SERIES
Sinnock would later be used for the series of Franklin Half Dollars issued from 1948 to 1963. The remaining inscriptions read “Sesquicentennial of American Independence” and “Half Dollar”. On the reverse of the coin is an image of the Liberty Bell with the anniversary dates “1776” and “1926” to each side. Inscriptions surrounding read “Liberty”, “United States of America”, and “In God We Trust”.
President appeared on a coin during his lifetime. Th latter was the President at the time of issue and represented the first time that a U.S. The obverse of the coin features the busts of George Washington and Calvin C. This was one of two commemorative coins issued for the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar ( Buy on eBay) is most often noted for its low relief design, which gives the coins somewhat of an unattractive appearance.
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