# 1319 - Early American Commemoratives - Part 11

Most of the info below comes from: https://earlycommemorativecoins.com/

"Commemorative coins were first issued by the United States Mint in 1892 to mark the World’s Columbian Exposition. The silver half dollars depicting Christopher Columbus were sold at the expedition for one dollar each. In subsequent years, the US Mint would continue the tradition of issuing gold and silver commemoratives to honor the important people, places, and events of the country.

Early commemorative coins were issued between the years 1892 and 1954 and have included primarily silver half dollars and gold dollars."

I will show the series "Silver Early Commemoratives". It will be presented in alphabetical order.

All coins weight 12.5g, with 90% silver purity.

The eleventh is a MS65 1922 "Grant" Half Dollar.

"Along with a gold dollar featuring an identical design, the 1922 Grant Memorial Half Dollar was issued for the centennial of the birth of Ulysses S. Grant. He had served as General of the American Armies during the Civil war and served two terms as the 18th President of the United States."

PCGS graded 4,770 1922 "Grant" Half Dollars, with 878 as MS65 and 459 above. 67,405 1922 "Grant" were minted in Philadelphia.

Today's price is around $500.00.

"The obverse featured a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant adapted from a Matthew Brady photograph. The coin was designed by Laura Gardin Fraser."

"The reverse featured a the log cabin in Georgetown, which was where Grant was born."

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