or collectors of what are now called the classic United States commemoratives, there are certainly a lot of half dollar pieces from which to choose, a veritable silver mine of them. A program that started humbly in 1892 ballooned into an enormous spread of coins by 1936. This glut of less-than-national themes basically pulled the plug on the program for decades. But in an interesting twist, there are some of the early commems – the dollar coins – that end up being pretty far beyond the mainstream when it comes to collector interest. Let’s take a look at
