Item: i30146 Authentic Ancient Coin of:COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR - 1893 - 400 Years since the Discovery of America Commemorative Silver Half Dollar (12.49 grams) 31mm This coin is 90% silver, and 10% copper.Obv: Right-facing portrait of Columbus flanked by the legends UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR.Rev: Port view of the Santa Maria above two hemispheres flanked by the date 1492. WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO encircles the rim with the mintage date at bottom.Designer: George T. MorganDesign date: 1892€1893 --- The Columbian Exposition half dollar commemorative coin, commonly referred to as the Columbian half dollar, was minted for the Columbian Exposition held between 1892 to 1893. It honors the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America.A beautiful collector piece in , and a true type of Constitutianal currency. With the rampant inflation we are faced with everyday that destroys our buying power and discourages saving, this coin illustrates true Constitutional currency.Article I, Section. 10 of U.S. Constitution - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin as Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.Congress first exercised its constitutional mandate to "coin" silver and gold money in 1792 because the founders had expressly prohibited the printing of money (read t...