1946S Booker T. Washington Commemorative Half Dollar

1946S Booker T. Washington Memorial Half Dollar
This Commemorative coin was issued to perpetuate the ideals and teachings of Booker T. Washington and to construct memorials to his memory.
Issued from all mints, it received wide distribution from the start. The reverse has the legend FROM SLAVE CABIN TO HALL OF FAME, his log-cabin birth place is shown beneath
This coin was designed by Isaac Scott Hathaway, as was the Carter/Washington half dollar.
Distribution 500,279