The first copper-nickel clad half dollar commemorative depicts the United States' heritage as a nation of immigrants.
| coinage-type | Modern Commemorative |
| desg | MS |
| designer | Edgar Steever, Sherl Joseph Winter |
| diameter | 30.6 |
| edge | Reeded |
| material | 92% copper, 8% nickel |
| mint-mark | D |
| mintage | 928,008 |
| ngc-id | 28PH |
| obverse-description | The obverse, designed by Edgar Steever, pictures a ship of immigrants steaming into New York Harbor, with the Statue of Liberty greeting them in the foreground and the New York skyline in the distance. |
| pcgs-link | 9618 |
| pcgs-number | 9618 |
| reverse-description | The reverse, designed by Sherl Joseph Winter, has a scene of an immigrant family with their belongings on the threshold of America. |
| variety | Statue of Liberty |
| weight-grams | 11.34 |
| year-display | 1982-Present |