1893 Columbian Half Dollar A total of 5,000,000 coins were authorized for production with production taking place during 1892 and 1893. The coins were sold at face value to the exposition for face value, which in turn sold them to the public for one dollar each as the “official” souveni...
The five-dollar Columbian features a coin engraved with a bust of Christopher Columbus. Alfred Jones engraved both the stamp and the original half-dollar coin issued by the United States Mint. The most popular stamp in the Columbian series, the five-dollar Columbian “has an almost mystical aur...
had the half dollars in stock. The first sellers I spoke with who had that quantity didn’t have an adequate number of coins grading a minimum of XF. When I found a dealer with 150 XF-AUs the wholesale cost was $13 per coin; the price would be about the same today– 32 years ...