½ Dollar Boone Bicentennial
Features
| Issuer |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Years | 1934-1938 |
| Value | 50 Cents (0.50 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 12.5 g |
| Diameter | 30.6 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Number | N# 51959 |
| References | PCGS# 9257-9260, 9262-9264, etc. PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts) , Greysheet# 10245-10260Greysheet (https://www.greysheet.com/coin-prices) , KM# 165 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Bicentennial of Daniel Boone birth
Obverse
A frontiersman holding a chart of Kentucky and a musket, facing an American Indian holding a tomahawk. In the background, a blockhouse stockade and a sun with rays appear.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST
E PLURIBUS UNUM
DANIEL
BOONE
BICENTENNIAL
1934
PIONEER
YEAR
1935
Translation:
In God we Trust
Out of Many, One
Daniel
Boone
Bicentennial
1934
Pioneer
Year
1935
Engraver: Henry Augustus Lukeman
Reverse
A portrait of Daniel Boone. Since no known portraits of him exist, this is an artist's conception.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HALF DOLLAR
Engraver: Henry Augustus Lukeman
Edge
Reeded
Mints
| United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) | |
| D | United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date) |
| S | United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date) |
Comments
The Daniel Boone Half Dollar was minted to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famous frontiersman, explorer, and folk hero. Originally, the coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint to coincide with the bicentennial year. During the next four years, the coins would continue to be struck, across three different mint facilities.
Out of the maximum authorized mintage of 600,000 coins, there were only 10,007 of the 1934 Daniel Boone Half Dollars produced and sold for $1.60 each. In the following year, additional coins were struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints carrying the 1935 date. After the initial distribution, legislation was passed in Congress stipulating that the original design should be supplemented by adding the bicentennial year “1934” to the obverse of the coin. A smaller number of coins were minted with the “small 1934 on reverse” and came to represent a scarce variety.
More coins continued to be minted and issued in 1936, 1937, and 1938. The final two years would have smaller net distribution levels as collectors began to grow weary of the endless string of varieties of the commemorative coin, issued years after the actual bicentennial.
Authorization: Public Law 73-258
Maximum Authorized Mintage: 600,000
Out of the maximum authorized mintage of 600,000 coins, there were only 10,007 of the 1934 Daniel Boone Half Dollars produced and sold for $1.60 each. In the following year, additional coins were struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints carrying the 1935 date. After the initial distribution, legislation was passed in Congress stipulating that the original design should be supplemented by adding the bicentennial year “1934” to the obverse of the coin. A smaller number of coins were minted with the “small 1934 on reverse” and came to represent a scarce variety.
More coins continued to be minted and issued in 1936, 1937, and 1938. The final two years would have smaller net distribution levels as collectors began to grow weary of the endless string of varieties of the commemorative coin, issued years after the actual bicentennial.
Authorization: Public Law 73-258
Maximum Authorized Mintage: 600,000
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1934 | 10 007 | $ 150 | KM# 165.1 | 19% | |||||||||||
| 1935 | 10 010 | KM# 165.1 | 14% | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | 10 008 | $ 160 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 25% | |||||||||||
| 1935 D | 5 005 | KM# 165.1 | 14% | ||||||||||||
| 1935 D | 2 003 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 5% | ||||||||||||
| 1935 S | 5 005 | $ 180 | KM# 165.1 | 12% | |||||||||||
| 1935 S | 2 004 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 7% | ||||||||||||
| 1936 | 12 012 | $ 170 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 25% | |||||||||||
| 1936 D | 5 005 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 8% | ||||||||||||
| 1936 S | 5 006 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 9% | ||||||||||||
| 1937 | 9 810 | $ 180 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 21% | |||||||||||
| 1937 D | 2 506 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 4% | ||||||||||||
| 1937 S | 2 506 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 5% | ||||||||||||
| 1938 | 2 100 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 7% | ||||||||||||
| 1938 D | 2 100 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 3% | ||||||||||||
| 1938 S | 2 100 | KM# 165.2 (1934 added above PIONEER on obverse) | 5% | ||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 45
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Bullion value: USD 24.64
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Actual silver weight: 0.362 oz
Current silver price: 68.13 USD/oz (see silver price 
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 177 Lot 2584 
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6 Dec 2025 | Undetermined | AU |
USD 134.95
(EUR 117.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 166 Lot 2386
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16 Aug 2025 | Undetermined | AU |
USD 218.00
(EUR 189.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 152 Lot 2498
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8 Mar 2025 | Undetermined | AU |
USD 198.39
(EUR 172.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 106 Lot 1135
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27 Dec 2023 | Undetermined |
USD 144.18
(EUR 125.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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