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The article was promoted by Ian Rose via FACBot (talk) 12:26, 29 October 2016.

Cleveland Centennial half dollar

 * Nominator(s): Wehwalt (talk) 12:03, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

This article is about... a less controversial half dollar than Thomas G. Melish's other venture, the Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar, which commemorated an anniversary that the government knew didn't exist. Thanks to the intervention of Congress, which was getting fed up with commemorative coin abuses, it was a fairly legitimate coin, and isn't that rare today. Enjoy.Wehwalt (talk) 12:03, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

Images are appropriately licensed. Nikkimaria (talk) 23:04, 17 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you for that.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:19, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

Comments by Brianboulton
Minor prose quibbles:
 * Lead


 * "Brenda Putnam designed the coin" – presumably this refers to the latter of the coins just mentioned?
 * "to prevent repetition of past abuses" - a (very) brief indication of their nature, and by whom, would be helpful.
 * Background


 * "In 1796, he set out a townsite along Lake Erie, that came to bear his name" – as [resently punctuated the sense is that the lake rather than the townsite came to bear his name.
 * "to commemorate an anniversary that did not exist." This wording may be a little confusing; the Cincinnati May Festival existed, and had an anniversary in 1936 – the 63rd by my reckoning. So what was the deception, if that's the right word?
 * Legislation


 * Second sentence: suggest insert "both" after "honor", to clarify
 * "The bill was reported out of committee..." What does this mean, in layman's language?
 * "drastically amended" becomes "a new version" later. Not quite the same thing.
 * The new version was the amended bill. I think it can stand.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:21, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Preparation


 * "by a 1921 executive order by President Warren G. Harding" – perhaps change the first "by" to "in"?
 * Design


 * I'm not sure about this use of "transfixed", the secondary meaning of which generally involves something being pierced rather than merely marked, as is the case here.
 * The word "she" in the final line is unnecessary
 * Production etc


 * No issues here

All easily resolved – look forward to adding support. Brianboulton (talk) 16:18, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review. With the exception of the one matter above, I've done more or less as you've suggested.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:21, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Sources review
 * Refs 11, 14 and 16: same source, but 14 has slightly different format.

No other sources issues. Brianboulton (talk) 16:18, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Those are not the same document, but are from different stages of the legislation. Thank you for the source review.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:50, 23 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Support: all issues resolved. Brianboulton (talk) 12:06, 25 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you indeed for the reviews and the support.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:57, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

Support on prose per my standard disclaimer. These are my edits. - Dank (push to talk) 22:34, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for the review.–-Wehwalt (talk) 09:44, 16 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Support – I read through the article and didn't spot any issues worth commenting on. Another fine entry for our collection of articles on coins. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 00:39, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review and support.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:43, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Ian Rose (talk) 12:26, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
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