1. Coin: silver ½ dollar Bookmark Museum number: 2-57927a Culture or time period: United States Historic Object class: Coins (money), Half dollars, and United States dollar (system of money) Function: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers Production date: 1959 Collector: Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. Collection place: Denver Mint, Denver, Denver County Collection date: 1959