Talk:Texas Centennial half dollar

A few comments
A few comments, per request:
 * I'd at least look at the Congressional Record for the passages of the coin and see if anything interesting happened. You can find it here.
 * I'd make clear what the Commission of Fine Arts had to do with it. That information is included in most of the commemorative articles I did.
 * "Despite this, the Centennial Committee continued commissions and sales of the coinage." What does commissions mean in this context?
 * What group was designated in the statute to receive the coins from the Mint? What were the proceeds supposed to be used for?
 * How did it come to pass that the 1935, 1936 etc issues came to be? Was a multiyear issue planned from the start?
 * "while the committee's remaining stock of 1915 coins" 1935?
 * "assay" suggest link to United States Assay Commission
 * "Charles Moore, the chair of the commission, was a critic of commemorative half-dollar series," He was a foe of commemorative coins, or he was a foe of them being issued a la Oregon Trail?
 * Send me an email if you want a copy of the Senate hearing on S.3721
 * Get Mehl's Commemorative Coins of the United States and review pages 26 and 27. Mehl was probably more involved than that but it's worth quoting. I can send you a copy via email if you can't find it online.
 * Was there any thought of a 1939 issue that was cut short by the Act of August 5, 1939 that ended all commemorative coins authorized before 1939?
 * There's a useful if short article in the June 2004 The Numismatist and probably elsewhere as well.
 * If you're interested, I can help out directly with a look towards co-nominating at FAC. Or I can critique. Let me know. Also, since I have permission to upload anything from Heritage Auctions, I can upgrade the images considerably. Bobby131313's have been a little problematic in the past.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:32, 22 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I would appreciate collaborating for a co-nomination a lot, thank you so much for offering! These are all really good suggestions, I'll get right to it. IIRC we're just a stone's throw away from finishing up the last of the classical commemoratives (I think there's 8 after this? Boone, Gettysburg, Antietam, Arkansas-Robinson, Arkansas Centennial, Iowa, Booker T. Washington, Washington-Carver), and that could make for one hell of a FT. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, and perhaps an article on the classic commemoratives to make a rather large featured topic. I've been playing with newspapers.com, and there was a fair amount of activity in Texas to sell these things. I'll try to do some work later in the week, I'm still polishing my British numismatics articles. Wehwalt (talk) 19:05, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Anything in particular I could help with before this is ready for FAC? It looks in pretty nice shape at the moment. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 19:58, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I think it's in pretty good shape. I've read it over a couple of times since I stopped active work. There was a LOT of newspaper coverage of this, we won't be so lucky with some of the others. Give it a check over when you get a chance and let's conom and see where it goes. Wehwalt (talk) 20:44, 9 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I gave it a lookover and it looks to be in good shape; okay if I nom now? Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 18:34, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:44, 12 July 2024 (UTC)