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Arkansas-Robinson half dollar

United States
Value	50 cents (0.50 US dollars)
Mass	12.5 g
Diameter	30.6 mm
Edge	Reeded
Composition	90.0% silver 10.0% copper
Silver	0.3617 troy oz
Years of minting	1935 (1935)–1939 (1939)
Mint marks	None, all pieces struck at the Philadelphia Mint without mint mark.
Obverse
Design	Eagle, Arkansas state flag
Designer	Edward E. Burr
Design date	1935
Reverse
Design	Joseph T. Robinson
Designer	Henry Kreis
Design date	1936

The Arkansas–Robinson half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1926. It is a special issue of the Arkansas Centennial half dollar featuring a different reverse design from Henry Kreis.^[1][2]

The coin featured Joseph Taylor Robinson, who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate at the time. He was the fourth of four living persons depicted on U.S. coinage.^[2]

See also

• List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1930s)
• Half dollar (United States coin)

References

External links

• Media related to Arkansas-Robinson half dollar at Wikimedia Commons

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