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Thanks all! Image of the coin in the holder:

For my Type Set:

Nice Roger!

Thanks all.

Just wanted to share some research. I have found it very interesting where information/images around the early commemorative series can be found. The Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association has announced that President Coolidge has accepted as a gift the first coin struck of the Confederate memorial issue. The first coin was struck January 21, 1925, the 101st anniversary of “Stonewall’ Jackson.” Reverse of the Plate of Georgia gold presented to President Coolidge. I can’t give too much away of what’s in my book.

Mark Goodman images.

SUPER coins all!! Looks like it came fresh out of the box:

Box came in and it's a little big. Nothing a small bit of stuffing of some sort can't fix.

I think this is the one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/194250541505?hash=item2d3a3c09c1:g:aHUAAOSwOGtgssyj

Hi Jason, I know they used to but I haven't been able to find one.

Here is an image of the coin above in the holder:

Thanks on the kind words on my NEWP. It's an NGC MS-63, huh? Very few folks know about the spelling issue. I agree that errors of this type should be fixed.

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Some SUPER copper all!

Thank you Q. A. When I write about the coin I also write about the event surrounding it, if there was one. Next comes the chapter on the Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Celebration.

A 3-1/2 x 6” mailing envelope—also with embossing from a half dollar-size coin. The envelope is postmarked Aug 13 / 11 PM 1924 Madison Sq. Sta. New York. Attached is a cancelled horizontal strip of two 1924 one-cent Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary stamps with *selvage at right having having plate number 15756. *Selvage (noun), an edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it from unraveling. George T. Morgan. “George T. Morgan Bio.: Born in Birmingham, England, Morgan studied in England, and worked for many years as a die engraver at Messrs. J.S. & A.B. Wyon. Morgan came to the United States from England in 1876 and was hired as an assistant engraver at the Mint in October of that year under William Barber. He figured very prominently in the production of pattern coins from 1877 onward. Morgan designed several varieties of 1877 half dollars, the 1879 ‘Schoolgirl’ dollar, and the 1882 ‘Shield Earring’ coins. Eventually, Morgan took the role of seventh Chief Engraver following the death of Charles E. Barber in February 1917. Morgan is most famous for designing the Morgan dollar, one of many namesakes, as well as the never-released $100 Gold Union coin.”8 8 Wikipedia. Congressional Authorization Act [PUBLIC—NO. 440—67TH CONGRESS.] [S. 4468] An Act To authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the settling of New Netherland, the Middle States, in 1624, by Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots, under the Dutch West India Company. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in commemoration of the three hundredth anniversary of the settling of New Netherland, the Middle States, in 1624, by Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots, under the Dutch West India Company, there shall be coined at the mints of the United States silver 50-cent pieces to the number of three hundred thousand, such 50-cent pieces to be of the standard troy weight, composition, diameter, device, and design as shall be fixed by the Director of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, which said 50-cent pieces shall be legal tender in any payment to the amount of their face value. SEC. 2. That all laws now in force relating to the subsidiary silver coins of the United States and the coining or the striking of the same, regulating and guarding the process of coinage, providing for the purchase of material and for the transportation, distribution, and redemption of the coins, for the prevention of debasement or counterfeiting, for security of the coin, or for any other purposes, whether said laws are penal or otherwise, shall, so far as applicable, apply to the coinage herein authorized: Provided, That the United States shall not be subject to the expense of making the necessary dies and other preparations for this coinage. SEC. 3. That the coins herein authorized shall be issued only upon the request of the Fifth National Bank of New York, and upon payment of the par value of such coins by such bank to the United States Treasury. I hope some of you have enjoyed this chapter. The End.

Above image courtesy of The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, by Antonia H. Froendt, Secretary, The Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission, 1924, p. 40.

Courtesy of Heritage Auctions.

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“. . .The coin was issued by the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission, with headquarters in New York City, whose director was an A. N. A. member, and, with Mr. Moritz Wormser, then President of the A. N. A., acting in an advisory capacity, made it the first instance we believe, where the coin fraternity has been consulted in the issue of a commemorative half dollar. The A. N. A. members looking only at the coin features of the new issue forgot their history or else thought no one would recall it. No so the public press, which severely criticized the use of these profiles on the coin. Admiral Coligny was killed in the massacre of St. Bartholomew on August 24, 1572, and William the Silent, whose fourth wife was the daughter of Coligny, was also slain June 10, 1584, forty years before the settlement now commemorated. Neither of these men had anything to do with the founding of New Netherlands, then why should they be perpetuated on an American souvenir coin? Dr. Zwerlein, of Rochester, answered that question in an address delivered in the Church of the Sacred Heart on March 17, 1924. He said: ‘Minting this Huguenot coin was a shameful abuse of the Untied States currency. New Netherland was a Dutch colony, even though the first colonists sent out on the ship, Nieuw Nederlandt, thirty families, were mostly Walloons, comprising also a few Huguenots. The Dutch, therefore, are the ones who should have been honored by the coin, but the Dutchman, William the Silent, is made to play second fiddle to the Frenchman, the Huguenot Coligny. ‘Traditional Calvinist lore represents Admiral Coligny and William the Silent as martyrs in the fight for religious liberty, but scientific history brands this view of those men as untrue and in flagrant contradiction with historical evidence. ‘Nevertheless, the false tradition seems to have inspired the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission, instituted by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, when the United States Government was duped into minting this Huguenot half dollar, so as to make a Protestant demonstration out of the tercentenary of the colonization of the State of New York.”7 7 The Numismatist, John F. Jones, Jamestown, N. Y., May 1937, p. 394-395. “William of Orange and Coligny Editor Everybody’s Column: Can you explain what Coligny and ‘William the Silent’ had to do with the founding of New Netherland! They are represented on the new coin of the Huguenot half-dollar. R. M. L. Neither had anything to do directly with the founding of New Netherland by the Dutch in 1623. But William of Orange, called the Silent, was the chief figure in the deliverance of the Netherlands from Spain and the founding of the Dutch Republic in the preceding century, and thus he holds a place in the affection of his countrymen something of the same place that Washington holds in ours. Admiral Coligny, who perished in the massacre of the Huguenots on St. Bartholomew’s Day, 1572, was one of the leaders of the French Protestants. Since many Huguenots, even before the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, emigrated to the American colonies, and particularly to New York and its vicinity, as early as the days of Dutch rule, the commemoration of both men on the half-dollar is natural and appropriate.”8 8 The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · Sat, Apr 5, 1924 · Page 12. “Bartholomew's Day, massacre of French Huguenots (Protestants) in Paris on August 24/25, 1572, plotted by Catherine de' Medici and carried out by Roman Catholic nobles and other citizens. It was one event in the series of civil wars between Roman Catholics and Huguenots that beset France in the late 16th century.”9 9 Britannica. François Dubois: The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day. The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day, oil on wood by François Dubois, 1572–84; in the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland. Courtesy of the Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne; photograph, Andre Held. Britannica.

“The Huguenot-Walloon Commemorative half dollar was issued in February. It commemorates the three-hundredth anniversary of the permanent settlement of New Netherland, now the State of New York, by Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots on the banks of the Hudson River in 1624 by the Dutch West Indies Company. Walloons is the collective name of the inhabitants of the southeastern division of Belgium. Huguenots is a name formerly given to Protestants in France and Belgium. This coin adds another to the number of commemorative half dollars struck for various anniversaries during the last seven or eight years, and in point of merit and excellence it is the equal of any of them. From the collector’s point of view, the only objection that can be urged against it is that the reverse is similar in general appearance to the reverse of the Pilgrim half dollar. The workmanship is excellent, and there is a balance and symmetry to both the obverse and reverse that is lacking on some of the other commemorative issues. . . The coin is issued by the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission, with headquarters in New York City, of which Rev. John Baer Stoudt, a member of the ANA, is director. A fitting celebration of the event has been organized by the National Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Commission, instituted by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. The celebration will take place on April 27, 1924, and is to be observed by all the descendants of the Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots who came to this country under the Dutch West India Company. The act authorizing this issue of coins provided that 300,000 might be struck. Only a comparatively small number will be struck at first, and additional pieces will be struck as the demand warrants. The bill also provides that they shall be issued only upon the request of the Fifth National Bank, New York City, which will act as distributing agent. This coin should possess a special interest for members of the ANA, since the director of the commission is a member of our association, and President Wormser has been consulted and has acted in an advisory capacity with the commission. This is the first instance, we believe, where a numismatic organization or its officers have been consulted in the issue of a commemorative half dollar. A letter from President Wormser has been sent out by the commission, as follows: THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION Office of the President 95 Fifth Avenue, New York. January 29, 1924 To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that from time to time I have had the privilege to act in an advisory capacity with the Director of the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Tercentenary, in the issuing of the Huguenot Memorial half dollar, which the mint in Philadelphia is about to strike. I have passed on the designs and seen proof of the obverse side. I feel safe in saying that I believe this coin will surpass all previous U.S. commemorative coins in both attractiveness and historical significance and feel certain, too, that it will appeal not only to those of Huguenot, Walloon, or Dutch extraction, but to all citizens of every section of our country who are interested in the romantic history of its founding as a refuge for the oppressed. I have confidence in the management of the Tercentenary, which I am assured is free from the keen commercialism too often apparent in the distribution of commemorative coins. The first run, I am informed, will consist of twenty thousand coins, and thereafter only four thousand are to be coined at a time. It is proposed to strike not more than one hundred thousand at most. All coins remaining on hand after a certain date are to be returned to the mint for remelting. The good faith of the Commission is evident from the fact that they have come to the American Numismatic Association for suggestions and advice, particularly as to selling methods that should protect the purchasers who buy these coins at a premium over face. (Signed) Moritz Wormser, President, American Numismatic Association. . .”6 6 The Numismatist, Huguenot-Walloon Commemorative Half Dollar, March, 1924, p. 235-237.

“The National Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission, Inc., of which the Rev. John Baer Stoudt is director, makes the following announcement regarding the latest of United States commemorative half dollars: ‘The Huguenot Memorial Half Dollar, which will be ready for distribution about February 1, promises to be one of the most interesting of the memorial coins. It commemorates the founding of New Netherland by the settling of a colony of Walloons (French and Belgian Huguenots) on the banks of the Hudson River in 1624 by the Danish West Indies Company. The obverse side will show the profiles of Admiral Coligny and William the Silent, and the reverse side the ship New Netherland sailing for America. ‘Only 100,000 will be struck and all unsold after a reasonable time will be returned to the mint. There has been close cooperation of the mint at Philadelphia and the Commission of Fine Arts at Washington in making both the design and the dies for the purpose of having this half dollar represent ‘the highest achievement of medallic art.’ The Fifth Avenue National Bank of New York City is agent of these memorial coins. They will be sold at the customary price of $1.”4 4 The Numismatist, The Huguenot Memorial Half Dollar Ready for Issue, February, 1924, p. 187. “New Coin Out Huguenot-Walloon Half Dollar Reaches Allentown, Special to the Inquirer ALLENTOWN, Pa., Feb. 16.—The new Huguenot-Walloon half dollar minted by the Federal government in commemoration of the Huguenot-Walloon tercentenary reached Allentown today, fifty of the coins being brought here by Rev. John Baer, Stout, secretary of the commission that has the programme for the celebration in charge. All of the Eastern and Midwestern States and some of the Southern States have arranged elaborate programmes for the observance of the 300th anniversary of the Huguenots’ arrival in this country. The new half dollar has a picture of the ship New Netherland, on which the immigrants sailed for America, on one side and a picture of William the Silent on the other side.”5 5 The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News · Sun, Feb 17, 1924 · Page 3. Admiral Coligny. Wikimedia Commons.

Had trouble with formatting as seen above. “. . . The Huguenot-Walloon Memorial Coin and the Tercentenary Stamps The first of these tangible expressions of tribute to the Walloon pioneers of 1624 was the striking of the Huguenot-Walloon Memorial Half Dollar by the U.S. Treasury Department; the second was the issuing of three special memorial stamps by the U. S. Post Office Department, the Commission in each case furnishing the designs. The New Netherland Stamp The Walloon Stamp The Ribaut Stamp In selecting subjects for these designs, the guiding thought was to include as much of the three-fold significance of the Tercentenary as possible—religious, historic, and racial. The memorial coin shows on its obverse side the profiles of two great Huguenot leaders—William the Silent of Holland, and his friend and ally, Admiral Coligny, of France—both of whom were deeply interested in projects for the colonization of the New World. The reverse bears the ship ‘Nieu Nederland,’ the sturdy Dutch vessel which carried the first boatload of Huguenot-Walloons from their refuge in the Netherlands on that memorable voyage across the as yet little known and much feared ocean. Of the stamps, it is the green one-cent stamp which again displays the gallant little ship and acknowledges the debt of gratitude which the Huguenots owed to the Netherlands for the protection they enjoyed there in the days of persecution. The red two-cent stamp is distinctively Walloon in spirit. It shows the landing of the Walloons at Albany (their first settlement), and introduces to the public, which has had little knowledge of them heretofore, a new racial element in our colonial period. The drawing used as the basis for the design was found in an old history of New York, now many years out of print. Huguenot in character is the five-cent stamp, which carries the message of the Tercentenary around the world. On it is a drawing of the Ribaut monument at Mayport, Florida, whose dedication in the Tercentenary year (May 2, 1924), was one of the outstanding features of the local celebrations. . .”3 3 The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary, by Antonia H. Froendt, Secretary, The Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission, 1924, p. 12-13. A book in my Numismatic Library. William the Silent. Wikimedia Commons.