The January Coin of the month told you about the Pioneer Half Dollar, the "Elgin" half dollar, one of the coins on the masthead of the Elgin Coin Club Newsletter. The second coin on our masthead belongs to our state, Illinois.
On June 1, 1918, in the closing months of the first world war Congress passed a bill authorizing the minting of 100,000 half dollars to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Illinois statehood....