Bridgeport, Connecticut, Centennial (1936) Coin Auctions Coin Auctions
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Bridgeport, a special fifty-cent piece was authorized on May 15, 1936. Henry Kreis designed this coin. The head of P. T. Barnum Bridgeport’s best-known citizen, occupies the obverse. An art deco eagle dominates the reverse.
