1938 New Rochelle New York Commemorative Silver Half Dollar MS 65 PCGS

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A genuine 1938 New Rochelle New York 250th Anniversary Commemorative Silver Half Dollar Coin, graded and certified MS 65 by PCGS. Contains 90% Silver   This 90% silver commemorative half dollar marked the 150th anniversary of the founding of New Rochelle, New York in 1688. When John Pell sold the site to the French Huguenots who settled it, he required a fattened calf be delivered each year on June 20 - a scene that is shown on the coin's obverse. The reverse depicts a large fleur-de-lis, from