USA. AR Half Dollar 1924 Huguenot-Walloon commemorative. KM 154. 30.00 mm. AU/MS. Huguenot half dollar was struck in 1924 in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the Huguenot peoples' arrival in America after fleeing religious persecution in Europe. The coin was not very well received as it was seen as a violation of the First Amendment separating church and state. Yet the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission was successful in lobbying Congress to authorize the coin. Revenue for the coin was to be used to help offset the cost of tercentenary celebrations planned for 1924. On February 26th, 1923, a bill was passed which authorized the coining of up to 300,000 half dollars to commemorate 'the settling of New Netherland, the Middle States, in 1624, by Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots, under the Dutch West India Company.' Famed designer of the Morgan dollar, George T. Morgan, was selected to design the coin.
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