Albany Charter half dollar

The Albany Agreement half dollar is a dedicatory half dollar struck by the US Division of the
Mint in 1936. It was arranged by stone carver Gertrude K. Lathrop, who lived in Albany, New York's
state capital. In 1936, Congress supported various commemoration coins for issuance, including
some of for the most part neighborhood significance, for instance, the Albany piece. City specialists
accepted the coin ought to stamp the 250th remembrance of Albany's 1686 metropolitan assent, in
truth by Thomas Dongan, the administrative head of commonplace New York. Congress passed
unopposed guideline, and the Philadelphia Mint wrote 25,013 Albany half dollars in October 1936.
Lathrop's arrangements have overall been lauded: she put a beaver on one side of the coin and
individuals drew in with the agreement on the contrary side (depicted). By late 1936, the interest for
dedication coins was falling, and the issue cost of $2 was seen as high; more than 7,000 were
returned to the Mint in 1943. The Albany half dollar as of now costs in the low numerous dollars.