Q. David Bowers
Commemorating: 300th anniversary of the settling of Long Island, New York
Obverse motif: Portraits of Dutch settler and Algonquin Indian
Reverse motif: Sailing ship
Authorization date: April 13, 1936
Date on coins: 1936
Date when coins were actually minted: 1936
Mint used: Philadelphia
Maximum quantity authorized: 100,000
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 100,053
Assay coins (included in above): 53
Quantity melted: 18,227
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 81,826
Issued by: Long Island Tercentenary Committee through various banks and other outlets.
Official business address: Hotel St. George, Suite 260, Brooklyn, New York. Coin mailing address: DeWitt A. Forward, treasurer, (Other officers: Louis C. Wills, president; John w. Smith, secretary. Also known as the Long Island Tercentenary Celebration Committee.) c/o The National City Bank of New York, Peoples Trust Branch, 181 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Standard original packaging: Paper coin envelope; cardboard holder of the insert type made by Dennison; five-coin holder stamped "Long Island Tercentenary Committee of Queens County;" cardboard presentation box
Official sale price: $1
Designer of obverse and reverse: Howard Kenneth Weinman
Interesting fact: This large-mintage issue was distributed on a quota basis to various Long Island counties.
(average market prices)
1940 MS-63 $1.25
1945 MS-63 $1.50
1950 MS-63 $2
1955 MS-63 $4
1960 MS-60 to 63 $7
1965 MS-60 to 63 $15
1970 MS-60 to 63 $16
1975 MS-60 to 63 $38
1980 MS-60 to 63 $165
1985 MS-60 to 63 $140
1986 MS-60 $97, MS-63 $175, MS-64 $450, MS-65 $1,000
1990 (spring) MS-60 $85, MS-63 $125, MS-64 $220, MS-65 $1,600
1990 (December) MS-60 $80, MS-63 $93, MS-64 $140, MS-65 $875