Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Delaware Tercentenary half dollar

Delaware Tercentenary half dollar

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 31, 2023 by Wehwalt (talk) 15:13, 9 February 2023 (UTC)



The Delaware Tercentenary half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent coin minted by the United States Bureau of the Mint to mark the 300th anniversary of New Sweden, the first successful European settlement in Delaware. Also known as the Swedish Delaware half dollar, the coins were produced by the Philadelphia Mint in March 1937. The obverse (pictured) shows the Old Swedes Church in Wilmington – which declares itself to be the oldest Protestant church in the United States still used as a place of worship – while the reverse features the Swedish ship Kalmar Nyckel which carried Swedish settlers to modern-day Delaware. The coins were sold to the public by the Delaware Swedish Tercentenary Commission (DSTC) for $1.75 each, and more than 20,000 of the 25,000 coins minted were sold. The profits were eventually used to help fund the tercentenary celebrations.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar is scheduled for February 20, 2023, but the most recent similar TFA that already ran was the Albany Charter half dollar article (January 3, 2023).
 * Main editors: was the FAC nominator and primary editor.
 * Promoted: April 30, 2021
 * Reasons for nomination: The first two months of 2023 each have coin articles as TFA; I think it would be nice to see another coin to be featured for March.
 * Support as nominator. Vida0007 (talk) 03:44, 29 January 2023 (UTC)