Q. David Bowers
(Also see preceding listing)
Date on coins: 1935
Date when coins were actually minted: 1935
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 1,500,000 (maximum total for all coins in the series 1934 onward)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 10,008 Philadelphia, 10,007 Denver, 10,008 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 8 Philadelphia, 7 Denver, 8 San Francisco
Quantity melted: 12 Philadelphia (probably consisting of defective coins)
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 9,996 Philadelphia, 10,007 Denver, 10,008 San Francisco
Issued by: American Legion Texas Centennial Committee, Box 1836, University Station, Austin, Texas (A. Garland Adair, chairman) (The address was changed from Box 671, Austin, Texas to Box 1836 (significant number!), University Station, Austin, Texas, in 1935. Correspondence that year was conducted from both addresses, the former early in the year.)
Standard original packaging: Paper envelopes; some coins were shipped in unprinted insert-type cardboard holders made by Eggers; some 1935 sets in silver-foil boxes were unofficially distributed by Col. E.H.R. Green, as were 1935-D coins in gold foil boxes Official sale price: $1.50 each; $4.50 per set of three
Interesting fact: This set of coins celebrated the 1836-1936 centennial a year early.
(average market prices)
1936 (summer) MS-63 to 64 $6
1940 MS-63 to 64 $3.50
1945 MS-63 to 64 $5
1950 MS-63 to 64 $5
1955 MS-63 to 64 $9
1960 MS-63 to 64 $18
1965 MS-63 to 64 $48
1970 MS-63 to 64 $50
1975 MS-63 to 64 $125
1980 MS-63 to 64 $540
1985 MS-63 to 64 $600
1986 MS-60 $460, MS-63 $725, MS-64 $1,200, MS-65 $2,100
1990 (spring) MS-60 $420, MS-63 $525, MS-64 $625, MS-65 $1,350
1990 (December) MS-60 $295, MS-63 $335, MS-64 $425, MS-65 $800
Note: To find the price of a single coin, divide by three (although on the market over the years a single 1935 coin has sold for about the same price as a 1934 Texas single; sets of three have usually traded at a slight discount from the total of the single coin prices).
(Also see preceding listings)
Date on coins: 1936
Date when coins were actually minted: 1936
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 1,500,000 (maximum total for all coins in the series 1934 onward)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 10,008 Philadelphia, 10,007 Denver, 10,008 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 8 Philadelphia, 7 Denver, 8 San Francisco
Quantity melted: 1,097 Philadelphia, 968 Denver, 943 San Francisco
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 8,911 Philadelphia, 9,039 Denver, 9,055 San Francisco
Issued by: The Texas Memorial Museum Centennial Coin Campaign, Box 1836, University Station, Austin, Texas (Beauford H. Jester, chairman) (Address styles varied. Used on a form letter dated April 3, 1936, was: Texas Memorial Museum Centennial Coin Campaign, littlefield Home, The University of Texas, P.O. Box 1836, Austin, Texas. An agreement was made just prior to that time, under which the American Legion Texas Centennial Committee transferred the coin distribution to the Board of Directors of The Texas Memorial Museum ("the personnel of which Board is the same as that of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas").)
Standard original packaging: Paper envelopes; some coins were shipped in unprinted insert-type cardboard holders made by Eggers
Official sale price: $1.50 per single coin; $4.50 per set of three
Interesting fact: Critics considered the reverse design of the Texas Centennial half dollar to be far too complex for such a small coin surface area.
(average market prices)
1936 (summer) MS-63 to 64 $6
1940 MS-63 to 64 $3.50
1945 MS-63 to 64 $6
1950 MS-63 to 64 $6
1955 MS-63 to 64 $10
1960 MS-63 to 64 $18
1965 MS-63 to 64 $50
1970 MS-63 to 64 $50
1975 MS-63 to 64 $135
1980 MS-63 to 64 $540
1985 MS-63 to 64 $615
1986 MS-60 $460, MS-63 $740, MS-64 $1,200, MS-65 $2,100
1990 (spring) MS-60 $425, MS-63 $525, MS-64 $625, MS-65 $1,350
1990 (December) MS-60 $295, MS-63 $335, MS-64 $425, MS-65 $800
Notes: To find the price of a single coin, divide by three (although on the market a single 1936coin has sold for about the same price as a 1934 Texas single; sets of three have. usually traded at slight discount from the total of the single coin prices). Over the years the market prices of 1935and 1936 P-D-S Texas sets have been virtually identical.