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A Commemorative that Never Happened
United States Government. JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COINAGE OF 50-CENT PIECES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERMINATION OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN. 80th Congress, 2d Session / H.J. Res 333, in the Senate of the United States April 21 (legislative day, March 29), 1948. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 7.5 by 11 inches, self-covered. 4 pages. Folded; very good or better. [with] United States Government. COINAGE OF 50-CENT PIECES COMMEMORATING FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF TERMINATION OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN. 80th Congress, 2d Session / House of Representatives, Report No. 1720. April 12, 1948. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. 9 by 6 inch sheet. 2 pages. Very good. Both documents housed in a governmental envelope addressed to Harry X Boosel. Rarely encountered legislative documents pertaining to proposed commemorative half dollars to be struck in recognition of the 50 year anniversary of the ending of the Spanish-American War. The idea never gained enough traction, and these documents are what remain of it.
United States Government. JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COINAGE OF 50-CENT PIECES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERMINATION OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN. 80th Congress, 2d Session / H.J. Res 333, in the Senate of the United States April 21 (legislative day, March 29), 1948. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency. 7.5 by 11 inches, self-covered. 4 pages. Folded; very good or better. [with] United States Government. COINAGE OF 50-CENT PIECES COMMEMORATING FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF TERMINATION OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN. 80th Congress, 2d Session / House of Representatives, Report No. 1720. April 12, 1948. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. 9 by 6 inch sheet. 2 pages. Very good. Both documents housed in a governmental envelope addressed to Harry X Boosel. Rarely encountered legislative documents pertaining to proposed commemorative half dollars to be struck in recognition of the 50 year anniversary of the ending of the Spanish-American War. The idea never gained enough traction, and these documents are what remain of it.