NATIONAL SO-CALLED HALF DOLLAR HOLDERS

So-called Half Dollars Salesman's Sample Set

The National coin holder with so-called half dollars that was illustrated in last week's issue caught my eye. It's an example of Publisher Number 420, my Lange Number RNSU7a, which was unprinted and intended for storing coins or medals of 32mm diameter. The National line actually produced a dedicated holder for a selection of so-called half dollars during the 1950s and early '60s, and I'm attaching images borrowed from eBay. This holder is Publisher Number 349Y, Lange Number RNSCA17.

Series 349 holds a complete date/mint/variety set of United States commemorative silver coins 1892-1954. Pages 349A through 349O are for the half dollars, 349X holds the 1893 Isabella Quarter, the 1900 Lafayette Dollar and several commemorative medals: the 1920 Manila Mint Opening, the 1935 Pony Express Jubilee, the 1925 Norse American Centennial (silver---thick and thin editions) and the 1938 Swedish commemorative two-kronor piece commemorating New Sweden.

These are all issues that Wayte Raymond promoted heavily as being part of a USA commemorative coin collection, though he clearly overlooked the USA-Philippines Commonwealth coins of 1936. Interestingly, both 349X and 349Y include the Pony Express medal, and the reason for this redundancy is unknown. From ads of the period it appears that 349Y typically was sold with the medals/coins already in place, and it's unusual to find that page without them in the secondary market.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: FEBRUARY 17, 2019 (https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n07a18.html)

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