The design was used for the first nickel and half dollar.
Wheatley gave him a half dollar and begged him to restrain his temper.
Silver coins continued to be issued for circulation until 1964, when all silver was removed from dimes and quarters, and the half dollar was reduced to 40% silver.
During 1861, the first two produced small amounts of gold coinage, the latter half dollars.
Sammy would receive upwards of a million and a half dollars for each album.
Goldman began working as a seamstress, sewing overcoats for more than ten hours a day, earning two and a half dollars a week.
Its companion, the even rarer 1796 half dollar (ranked 72) had a mintage of only 934.
In order to get back on the road one of the brothers drove a quarter or half dollar into the hole.
