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Iowa Centennial
Half Dollar

Designer: Adam Pietz

This beautiful silver commemorative was designed by Adam Pietz to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Iowa’s statehood. The obverse is an adaptation of the Iowa state seal with 29 stars above the eagle, referring to the fact that Iowa was the 29th state to enter the union, while the reverse reveals a picture of the first stone capital building at Iowa City. This issue was first sold to the residents of Iowa only at the initial price of $2.50 each and only a small remainder (approximately 5,000) of the original mintage of 100,057 was sold to out-of-state residents at $3.00 each. The entire issue was sold out within a few weeks.

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