1936 Norfolk, Virginia Bicentennial. MS-67 (PCGS). CAC.

1936 Norfolk, Virginia Bicentennial. MS-67 (PCGS). CAC.，Beautiful satin surfaces are brilliant apart from delicate sandy-gold peripheral highlights. Half dollars of this type were issued in conjunction with both the 300th anniversary of the original Norfolk land grant in 1636 and the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the city of Norfolk as a royal borough in 1736. The coins were authorized by the Act of June 28, 1937, and struck to the extent of 25,000 pieces, only 16,923 examples of which were distributed. The design is the joint work of William Mark Simpson and his wife Marjorie Emory Simpson. The central device on the reverse is the Royal Mace of Norfolk, the only Royal Mace presented to an American city during the colonial era.，From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Acquired directly from the Norfolk Advertising Board, 1936.，