Norfolk Commemorative Half-Dollar
Manufacturer
United States Mint
(American, 1792-)
Designer
William Marks Simpson
CultureAmerican
Date1936
MediumMedals
InscribedObverse shows Norfolk... with legend, "United States of America - N...Virginia Land Grant 1636 - In God We Trust...E Plubribus Unum - Liberty" and monogram W.M.S. with an E attached. The reverse c...the legend, "Borough of Norfolk, Bicentennial...1936, City of Norfolk, Virginia - Town 16...Borough 1736, City 1845 Et Terra - Et M...Divitial - Tuae Crescas"
Credit LineMuseum collection
Object number47.8.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one of two commemorative half-dollars made by the U.S. Mint. The obverse and reverse has an inscription, noted above, and the reverse has the inscription around a sailing vessel, plow shaft and wheat stack.
