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''Recorded Mintage:'' 14,994.
 
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''Specification:'' .900 fine silver, 192.9 grains (12.50 grams), Diameter: 30.61 mm  (1.205 in), reeded edge. Net Weight: .36169 ounce ASW.  
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''Specification:'' 0.900 fine silver, 192.9 grains (12.50 grams), Diameter: 30.61 mm  (1.205 in), reeded edge. Net Weight: .36169 ounce ASW.  
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 158.
 
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* Breen, Walter H., ''Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins,'' New York: Doubleday, 1987.
 
* 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.
 
* Slabaugh, Arlie R., ''United States Commemorative Coinage, 2nd Ed.," Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1975.
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* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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* Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), ''A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed.,'' Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.
  
 
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* [[United States 1923-S half dollar KM-153|1923-S half dollar, Monroe Doctrine Centennial]]
 
* [[United States 1923-S half dollar KM-153|1923-S half dollar, Monroe Doctrine Centennial]]
 
* [[United States 1924 half dollar KM-154|1924 half dollar, Huguenot-Walloon]]
 
* [[United States 1924 half dollar KM-154|1924 half dollar, Huguenot-Walloon]]
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* [[United States 1925 dime|1925 dime]]
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* [[United States 1925-S half dollar KM-155|1925-S half dollar, California jubilee]]
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* [[United States 1925 half dollar KM-156|1925 half dollar, Lexington-Concord sesquicentennial]]
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* [[United States 1925 half dollar KM-157|1925 half dollar, Stone Mountain]]
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* [[United States 1925-D 2-1/2 dollars|1925-D 2½ dollars]]
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* [[United States 1925 20 dollars|1925 20 dollars]]
 
* [[United States 1926 half dollar KM-160|1926 half dollar, United States Sesquicentennial]]
 
* [[United States 1926 half dollar KM-160|1926 half dollar, United States Sesquicentennial]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1925]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1925]]

Latest revision as of 14:02, 8 August 2025

1925 half dollar, Ft. Vancouver

Authorization

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.

Obverse

bust of Dr. John McLoughlin, an early settler. Designed by Laura Gardin Fraser.

Reverse

The reverse displays a frontiersman in buckskin, Ft. Vancouver in the background.

Recorded Mintage: 14,994.

Specification: 0.900 fine silver, 192.9 grains (12.50 grams), Diameter: 30.61 mm (1.205 in), reeded edge. Net Weight: .36169 ounce ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 158.

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.

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