Q. David Bowers
Conunemorating: 350th anniversary of the establishment of a colony sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh (Ralegh) on Roanoke Island, North Carolina
Obverse motif: Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh
Reverse motif: Ellinor Dare and her baby, Virginia
Authorization date: June 24, 1936
Dates on coins: 1937 (also 1587)
Date when coins were actually minted: 1937
Mint used: Philadelphia
Quantity authorized: 25,000 minimum; unlimited maximum
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 50,030
Assay coins (included in above): 30
Quantity melted: 21,000
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 29,030
Issued by: Roanoke Colony Memorial Association of Manteo; Manteo, North Carolina CD.B. Fearing, chairman")
Standard original packaging: Cardboard coin holder with spaces to accommodate five coins, with imprinted cover
Official sale price: $1.65
Designer of obverse and reverse: William Marks Simpson
Interesting fact: No upper limit was placed on this coinage, and at the time an unlimited quantity could have been struck (as was also the case with 1936-dated Bridgeport, Delaware, and Wisconsin issues).
(average market prices)
1940 MS-64 to 65 $1.50
1945 MS-64 to 65 $2.50
1950 MS-64 to 65 $2.50
1955 MS-64 to 65 $9
1960 MS-64 to 65 $12
1965 MS-63 to 64 $ 26
1970 MS-63 to 64 $ 30
1975 MS-63 to 64 $57
1980 MS-63 to 64 $540
1985 MS-63 to 64 $330
1986 MS-60 $215, MS-63 $330, MS-64 $520, MS-65 $1,060
1990 (spring) MS-60 $195, MS-63 $270, MS-64 $340, MS-65 $700
1990 (December) MS-60 $195, MS-63 $210, MS-64 $235, MS-65 $360