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1936 Elgin 50C PCGS MS66

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1936 Elgin 50C PCGS MS66
<b>1936 Elgin Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS66.</b> A silvery bright specimen glowing with original gold-toned mint bloom. Sharply struck on obverse and reverse.

Elgin, Illinois, the town name of which was inspired by a hymn tune. Seventeenth century Protestant church music set metrical versions of the Psalms to tunes which were not attached to any particular psalm. James T. Gifford, the devoutly religious founder of Elgin, Illinois, was a Congregationalist whose Puritan ancestors had sung common tunes for generations. When be came West in 1835 to establish his new settlement on the Fox River, he chose his favorite hymn tune for its name. &#34;I had been a great admirer of that tune from boyhood,&#34; he explained, &#34;and the name Elgin had ever fallen upon my ear with musical effect.&#34; <b>&#40;PCGS # 9303&#41;</b> <i>
The W.M. Rosene and Walter Rosene Jr. Collection.</i>

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