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Reference Price
$24.00-$96.95
The actual value of the coin may differ depending on its condition, luster, rarity, and other factors. This is a rough estimation.
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Main information
- Country:
United States - Years of Minting:2017
- Period:Federal republic (1776-date)
- Coin Type:Non-circulating coin
- Edge:Reeded
- Shape:Round
- Technique:Milled
- Mint:United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date), United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)
Coin Design
Reverse
Description:
Present-day Boys Town neighborhood of homes where children are schooled and nurtured by caring families. Out of these homes come young adults who graduate from high school and the Boys Town program.
Engraver:
Phebe Hemphill
Designer:
Chris Costello
Obverse
Description:
An older brother holding the hand of his younger brother in 1917. They walk toward Father Flanagan’s Boys Home and the 1940s Pylon representing what would become Boys Town.
Engraver:
Renata Gordon
Designer:
Chris Costello
Edge
Description:
Reeded
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Lettering
Obverse:
BOYS TOWN 1917 2017 IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY Saving Children
Reverse:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM Healing Families HALF DOLLAR
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Physical Feature
Composition
Copper-nickel clad copper
Size
- Weight:11.340 g
- Diameter:30.61 mm
- Thickness:n/a
- Edge:Reeded
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