長島三分之一的半美元

長島三分之一的半美元於1936年獲釋，以紀念長島成立300週年。

A committee was formed to celebrate the 300th anniversary of European settlers coming to Long Island - specifically in Brooklyn. To commemorate the event, the committee successfully petitioned Congress to mint a coin.

成立了一個委員會，以慶祝來到長島的歐洲定居者成立300週年 - 特別是在布魯克林。為了紀念這一活動，委員會成功地請國會鑄造硬幣。

History

歷史

The Long Island Tercentenary Half Dollar was released in 1936 to commemorate Long Island’s 300th anniversary. According to a story in the New York Times, "Those Dutch colonists sailed into Jamaica Bay in 1636, bought a 118-mile strip of land from 13 Algonquin tribes and called it Lange Eylandt." The coin was designed by Howard Weinman, the son of Adolph A. Weinman, who designed the Mercury dime and Walking Liberty half dollar.

長島三分之一的半美元於1936年獲釋，以紀念長島成立300週年。根據《紐約時報》的一個故事，“那些荷蘭殖民者於1636年駛向牙買加灣，從13個阿爾岡昆部落購買了118英里的土地，並將其稱為蘭格·埃蘭特（Lange Eylandt）。”硬幣是由Adolph A. Weinman的兒子霍華德·溫曼（Howard Weinman）設計的。

A committee - called The Long Island Tercentenary Committee - wanted a coin to mark the 300th anniversary of the first European settlement in Brooklyn. On April 13, 1936, a bill was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and 100,000 coins were struck.

一個稱為長島三年委員會的委員會想要一枚硬幣來紀念布魯克林第一歐洲定居點300週年。 1936年4月13日，富蘭克林·羅斯福總統（Franklin D.

The Design

設計

On the face of the coin are the likenesses of a Dutch settler and a member of the Algonquin tribe of Native Americans. Weinman provided insight into the symbolism, expressing, "I shall try to infer by the harmonious balance of the heads the peaceful settlement of the island by the Dutch.” On the reverse side, a Dutch three-masted ship captures the imagination as it sails gracefully to the right, traversing tumultuous waves. Amidst this maritime panorama, the phrase "IN GOD WE TRUST" stands out prominently, accompanied by the nation's name and the coin's denomination. Completing the narrative is the inscription "LONG ISLAND TERCENTENARY.”

表面上，硬幣是荷蘭定居者和美國原住民阿爾岡昆部落的成員的相似之處。溫曼（Weinman）對象徵主義的洞察力表示：“我將通過荷蘭人對島上的和平定居的頭部和諧平衡來推斷。”在背面，一艘荷蘭三桅船的船在右側航行時捕捉到了想像力，從而遍及了動蕩的波浪。在這個海事全景中，“我們信任的上帝中的一句話”以國家的名字和硬幣的教派而尤為突出。完成敘述的是銘文“長島三十年中”。

Sale

銷售

By the time of their release in August, the festivities marking the Long Island celebrations had concluded, organized by the Tercentenary Committee in May. Arlie Slabaugh, in his work on commemoratives, noted, "Despite this, the Long Island Tercentenary Committee managed to effectively distribute these coins through local banks." Once minted, the coins were transported to the National City Bank in Brooklyn, where they were made available to the public for $1 each at various locations.

到八月份獲釋時，標誌著長島慶祝活動的慶祝活動已經結束，這是由三明治委員會於5月舉行的。阿莉·薩拉伯（Arlie Slabaugh）在紀念活動方面的工作中指出：“儘管如此，長島三歲委員會還是通過當地銀行有效地分配了這些硬幣。”一旦鑄造，硬幣就被運送到布魯克林的國家城市銀行，在那裡它們在各個地方都以1美元的價格向公眾提供。

The Brooklyn Eagle newspaper office alone offered 50,000 coins, with an additional 25,000 in Queens, 15,000 in Nassau County, and 10,000 in Suffolk County. They were also sold at department stores across Brooklyn.

僅布魯克林報紙辦公室就提供了50,000枚硬幣，在皇后區又有25,000個硬幣，拿騷縣的15,000枚和薩福克縣的10,000個硬幣。他們還在布魯克林的百貨商店出售。

Despite a delayed release and minimal advertising, the coins saw brisk sales, with 81,826 out of 100,000 coins sold. The remaining unsold coins were returned to the mint for melting.

儘管發行延遲和廣告最少，但硬幣的銷售額卻迅速，其中有100,000枚硬幣中有81,826個。剩餘的未售硬幣返回薄荷以進行融化。

Criticism

批評

Art historian Cornelius Vermeule, in his book on American coins and medals, said, "The Dutch pioneer looks like a character out of Shakespeare (a peasant part), and the Indian could easily play professional football any Sunday afternoon across the United States. Otherwise, beyond those cliches brought about in an effort to modernize traditionally ideal subjects, the ship has a correct amount of simplicity, and the lettering seems to fade into the background in a satisfying fashion."

藝術史學家科尼利厄斯·佛蒙特（Cornelius Vermeule）在他的《美國硬幣和獎牌》的書中說：“荷蘭先驅看起來像是莎士比亞（莎士比亞（shakespeare）（農民部分）的角色，印第安人可以在美國各地的任何星期天下午都可以輕鬆地踢出職業足球。否則，除了那些陳詞濫調以使傳統上的理想主題帶來了一個簡單的貨物，並且是一個符合貨物的現代化的努力，而這是一個正確的貨物，並且是一個正確的背景。

“Because of the lantern jaws and prominent noses of the obverse profiles, critics have likened them to two boxers about to square off,” said a New York Times article on the coin. “The ship on the reverse, it was noted, was shown sailing east, or away from the New World.”

《紐約時報》上的一篇文章說：“由於燈籠下巴和正面概況的著名鼻子，批評者將他們比作兩個拳擊手要平衡。” “指出，在反向上的船被顯示，向東或遠離新世界航行。”

Coin Collectors

硬幣收集器

Because of mistreatment in the mint, in distribution and in the way it was designed, the 90-percent-silver coin (it is 10 percent copper) has not fared well as far as quality of existing coins on the coin collector market.

由於造幣廠的虐待，分銷和設計的方式，因此90％的硬幣（銅含量為10％）的表現並不順利，但在硬幣收集器市場上現有硬幣的質量都不好。

''Long Islands don't generally come nice,'' said Marty Rubinstein, a Bay Shore coin dealer in the New York Times article.

紐約時報的海灣岸硬幣經銷商馬蒂·魯賓斯坦（Marty Rubinstein）說：“長島一般都不好。”

Prices for these coins can go from $65 up to over $400 in mint condition, a rare find.

這些硬幣的價格可以從65美元到薄荷狀況的400美元以上，這是一個難得的發現。

The coin is relatively unknown to the general public but collectors like them. One coin site said that, “Hoards filtered into the marketplace into the 1960s, ensuring this coin remains relatively common in the industry even now.”

該硬幣對普通大眾來說是相對未知的，但是像他們一樣的收藏家。一個硬幣網站說：“ ho積被過濾到1960年代的市場，確保該硬幣在行業中仍然相對普遍。”