2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Clad Half Dollar BU

Go To Bat With The U.S. Mint's Historic Negro Leagues Baseball Coin Program

It's only fitting that in 2022 the United States Mint released its Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Coin Program. After all, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced that two of the six people slated to be inducted into its hallowed roster in 2022 were from the old Negro Leagues: Buck O'Neil and Bud Fowler. O'Neil was a former Negro Leagues player and manager who was also the first Black coach in Major League history and helped create the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Fowler became the earliest known African-American player in professional baseball when he suited up for an all-white professional team based out of New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1872. To celebrate these men and all the other pioneers in equality, the United States Mint has released a series of clad, silver and gold commemorative coins that pay tribute to the legacy of the old Negro Baseball Leagues.

Designs Recall Life In The Negro Leagues

In this offer you can get the Clad Half-Dollar in Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition. Struck in 11.34 grams of Cupro-Nickel (CuNi), it features a pair of remarkable designs. The coin's obverse features a determined-looking batter and a Negro Leagues tour bus engraved with an inscription that reads, "NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL." Tour buses were used as a home away from home for Negro League players when they were on the road because during those times, they were often refused entry to hotels and restaurants. The reverse design shows a group of five Negro Leagues Baseball players suited up and ready to play a ball game.

Stack Your Line-Up By Adding These Coins To Your Collection!

The U.S. Mint is releasing a combination of just 400,000 Proof and Uncirculated 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Clad Half Dollars. Surcharges from sales of each coin in the Negro Leagues Baseball Program will go to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri for education outreach programs and exhibits. Among those players enshrined there is Toni "Tomboy" Stone, the first woman to play professional baseball when she suited up for the Indianapolis Clowns in the previously all-male Negro leagues. This also made her the first woman to play as a regular on an American big-league professional baseball team!

Don't miss your chance to honor the rich legacy of America's Negro Baseball Leagues, where players who were denied a chance to play in the Major Leagues proved they were just as good as anyone. Make sure that one – or several – of these one-year-only commemorative Uncirculated Negro Leagues Baseball Clad Half Dollars are part of the line-up in your collection!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUES – This coin pays tribute to the old Negro Baseball Leagues. The obverse shows a batter and a tour bus veteran with the engraving "NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL," while the reverse depicts a group of five Negro League players.
• BEAUTIFUL CLAD VERSION – Each 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Clad Half Dollar was struck by the U.S. Mint in 11.34 grams of Cupro-Nickel (CuNi).
• UNITED STATES LEGAL TENDER – These 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Clad Half Dollar Commemorative Coins are 50 cents legal tender and measure 30.61 mm in diameter.
• BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION – Your 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Clad Half Dollar will come in gleaming Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition.
• LIMIT-EDITION RELEASE – This coin is part of the U.S. Mint's Negro Leagues Baseball Clad Half Dollar release, a combination of 400,000 Uncirculated and Proof coins.

The 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball Clad Half Dollar is a must-have for everyone's collection. Make sure it's part of yours by clicking it to you cart right now!