长岛三分之一的半美元

长岛三分之一的半美元于1936年获释，以纪念长岛成立300周年。

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.

成立了一个委员会，以庆祝来到长岛的欧洲定居者成立300周年 - 特别是在布鲁克林。为了纪念这一活动，委员会成功地请国会铸造硬币。

History

历史

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.

长岛三分之一的半美元于1936年获释，以纪念长岛成立300周年。根据《纽约时报》的一个故事，“那些荷兰殖民者于1636年驶向牙买加湾，从13个阿尔冈昆部落购买了118英里的土地，并将其称为兰格·埃兰特（Lange Eylandt）。”硬币是由Adolph A. Weinman的儿子霍华德·温曼（Howard Weinman）设计的。

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.

一个称为长岛三年委员会的委员会想要一枚硬币来纪念布鲁克林第一欧洲定居点300周年。 1936年4月13日，富兰克林·罗斯福总统（Franklin D.

The Design

设计

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，硬币是荷兰定居者和美国原住民阿尔冈昆部落的成员的相似之处。温曼（Weinman）对象征主义的洞察力表示：“我将通过荷兰人对岛上的和平定居的头部和谐平衡来推断。”在背面，一艘荷兰三桅船的船在右侧航行时捕捉到了想象力，从而遍及了动荡的波浪。在这个海事全景中，“我们信任的上帝中的一句话”以国家的名字和硬币的教派而尤为突出。完成叙述的是铭文“长岛三十年中”。

Sale

销售

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.

到八月份获释时，标志着长岛庆祝活动的庆祝活动已经结束，这是由三明治委员会于5月举行的。阿莉·萨拉伯（Arlie Slabaugh）在纪念活动方面的工作中指出：“尽管如此，长岛三岁委员会还是通过当地银行有效地分配了这些硬币。”一旦铸造，硬币就被运送到布鲁克林的国家城市银行，在那里它们在各个地方都以1美元的价格向公众提供。

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.

仅布鲁克林报纸办公室就提供了50,000枚硬币，在皇后区又有25,000个硬币，拿骚县的15,000枚和萨福克县的10,000个硬币。他们还在布鲁克林的百货商店出售。

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.

尽管发行延迟和广告最少，但硬币的销售额却迅速，其中有100,000枚硬币中有81,826个。剩余的未售硬币返回薄荷以进行融化。

Criticism

批评

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."

艺术史学家科尼利厄斯·佛蒙特（Cornelius Vermeule）在他的《美国硬币和奖牌》的书中说：“荷兰先驱看起来像是莎士比亚（莎士比亚（shakespeare）（农民部分）的角色，印第安人可以在美国各地的任何星期天下午都可以轻松地踢出职业足球。否则，除了那些陈词滥调以使传统上的理想主题带来了一个简单的货物，并且是一个符合货物的现代化的努力，而这是一个正确的货物，并且是一个正确的背景。

“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.”

《纽约时报》上的一篇文章说：“由于灯笼下巴和正面概况的著名鼻子，批评者将他们比作两个拳击手要平衡。” “指出，在反向上的船被显示，向东或远离新世界航行。”

Coin Collectors

硬币收集器

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.

由于造币厂的虐待，分销和设计的方式，因此90％的硬币（铜含量为10％）的表现并不顺利，但在硬币收集器市场上现有硬币的质量都不好。

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

纽约时报的海湾岸硬币经销商马蒂·鲁宾斯坦（Marty Rubinstein）说：“长岛一般都不好。”

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

这些硬币的价格可以从65美元到薄荷状况的400美元以上，这是一个难得的发现。

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.”

该硬币对普通大众来说是相对未知的，但是像他们一样的收藏家。一个硬币网站说：“ ho积被过滤到1960年代的市场，确保该硬币在行业中仍然相对普遍。”