Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar Monroe Doctrine Centennial, this coin does no credit to Beach's stature as a first-class artist. What the coin exudes in patriotism, it lacks in art." A total of 162,099 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollars were struck at the Philadelphia Mint in April and May, 1925, with 99 pieces set aside for inspection and testing by the 1926 Assay Commission. The coins were made from blanks, or planchets, that had been intended for mintage into 1924 Stone Mountain Memorial half dollars, but had not been used. The first coin struck was presented to President Coolidge. The half dollars were sold at the
Jamie Blanks Jamie Blanks Jamie Blanks is an Australian film director and composer. He is probably most famous for directing the 1998 cult slasher film "Urban Legend". He attended film school at Melbourne’s Swinburne Film School (becoming the Victorian College of the Arts during his three years of study). Blanks gave commentaries on the "Urban Legend" and "Valentine" (2001) DVDs. His third feature "Storm Warning" won awards for Special Effects and Score at Screamfest 2007. Blanks shot, edited and composed the score for his fourth feature, "Long Weekend" (released on video in the United States as "Nature's Grave"), starring Jim Caviezel and