Cleveland Centennial / Great Lake Exposition (1936) Coin Auctions
A special coinage of fifty-cent pieces was authorized in commemoration of the centennial of the celebration of Cleveland, Ohio, on the occasion of the Great Lake Exposition held there in 1936. The designs were prepared by Brenda Putnam. Although half the coinage were struck on 1937, all were dated 1936. The obverse has a bust of Moses Cleveland, and the reverse displays a map of the Great Lake region with a compass point at the city of Cleveland. Nine Great Lakes cities are marked by stars.
