United States 1927 half dollar KM-162

1928 Vermont Sesquicentennial

The California coin became part of the Act of February 24, 1925, which not only included a coin for Vermont, but one commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Fort Vancouver in the state of Washington (KM 158).

Recorded Mintage: 28,142.

Specification: 192.9 grains = 12.50 grams, 0.900 fine silver, 30.6 mm diameter, reeded edge. Obverse: bust of Ira Allen; reverse: a catamount stalking left. Designed by Charles Keck.

Catalog reference: KM 162.

Source:

• Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
• Slabaugh, Arlie R., United States Commemorative Coinage, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1975.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Links:

• 1926 half dollar, United States Sesquicentennial
• 1927 dime
• 1927-D quarter
• 1927 20 dollars
• 1928-S cent
• 1928 half dollar, Hawaii Sesquicentennial
• Coins and currency dated 1927
• return to United States Commemorative Coins, 1892-1954