Nick Edelstein

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Cool-idge Factoid

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

The depiction of Calvin Coolidge on the 1926 American Independence half dollar marked the first time a president appeared on a coin struck during his own lifetime.
The Sesquicentennial of American Independence half dollar, issued in 1926, raised funds for an international fair in Philadelphia.

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