The early United States commemorative coins traditionally begins with the 1892 Columbian Half dollar and extends through the 1954 Booker T. Washington issue. The profits from the sale of commemorative coins was often used to fund a specific project. Commemorative coins were a money raising mechanism that provided an alternative to raising taxes.
Columbian Exposition 1893 (24,124)
Columbian
1892 (950,000, including about 100 proof coinage.)
1893 (1,550,405, including about 100 proofs.)
Panama–Pacific 1915-S (27,134)
Illinois Centennial 1918 (100,058)
Maine Centennial 1920 (50,028)
Pilgrim Tercentenary
1920 (152,112)
1921 (20,053)
Missouri Centennial 1921
1921 (15,428)
1921 2x4 (5,000)
Alabama Centennial 1921
1921 (59,038)
1921 2x2 (6,006)
Grant Memorial
1922 (67,405)
1922 with star (4,256)
Monroe Doctrine Centennial 1923-S (274,077)
Huguenot-Walloon 1924 (142,080)
Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial 1925 (162,013)
Stone Mountain Memorial 1925 (1,314,709)
California Diamond Jubilee 1925-S (86,594)
Fort Vancouver Centennial 1925 (14,994)
Sesquicentennial of American Independence 1926 (141,120)
Oregon Trail Memorial
1926 (PS) (47,955, 83,055)
1928 (6,028)
1933-D (5,008)
1934-D (7,006)
1936 (PS) (10,006, 5,006)
1937-D (12,008)
1938 (PDS) (6,006, 6,005, 6,006)
1939 (PDS) (3,004, 3,004, 3005)
Vermont Sesquicentennial 1927 (28,162)
Hawaii Sesquicentennial 1928 (10,008, including 50 proofs.)
Maryland Tercentenary 1934 (25,015)
Texas Centennial
1934 (61,463)
1935 (PDS) (9,996, 10,007, 10,008)
1936 (PDS) (8,911, 9,039, 9,055)
1937 (PDS) (6,571, 6,605, 6,637)
1938 (PDS) (3,780, 3,775, 3,814)
Daniel Boone Bicentennial
1934 (10,007)
1935 (PDS) (10,010, 5,005, 5,005)
1935/34 (PDS) (10,008, 2,003, 2,004)
1936 (PDS) (12,012, 5,005, 5,006)
1937 (PDS) (9,810, 2,506, 2,506)
1938 (PDS) (2,100, 2,100, 2,100)
Connecticut Tercentenary 1935 (25,018)
Arkansas Centennial
1935 (PDS) (13,012, 5,005, 5,006)
1936 (PDS) (9,660, 9,660, 9,662)
1937 (PDS) (5,505, 5,505, 5,506)
1938 (PDS) (3,156, 3,155, 3,156)
1939 (PDS) (2,104, 2,104, 2,105)
Arkansas-Robinson 1936 (25,265)
Hudson Sesquicentennial 1935 (10,008)
San Diego, California Pacific Exposition
1935-S (70,132)
1936-D (30,092)
Old Spanish Trail 1935 (10,008)
Rhode Island Tercentenary 1936 (PDS) (20,013, 15,010, 15,011)
Cleveland Centennial 1936 (50,030)
Wisconsin Territorial Centennial 1936 (25,015)
Cincinnati Musical Center 1936 (PDS) (5,005, 5,005, 5,006)
Long Island Tercentenary 1936 (81,826)
York County, Maine Tercentenary 1936 (25,015)
Bridgeport, Connecticut Centennial 1936 (25,015)
Lynchburg Sesquicentennial 1936 (20,013)
Elgin, Illinois, Centennial 1936 (20,015)
Albany Charter 1936 (25,013)
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge 1936-S (71,424)
Columbia, South Carolina Sesquicentennial 1936 (PDS) (9,007, 8,009, 8,007)
Delaware Tercentenary 1936 (20,993)
Battle of Gettysburg 1936 (26,928)
Norfolk, Virginia Bicentennial 1936 (16,936)
Roanoke Island, North Carolina, Virginia Dare 1937 (29,030)
Battle of Antietam 1937 (18,028)
New Rochelle, New York 1938 (15,266)
Iowa Centennial 1946 (100,057)
Booker T. Washington Memorial
1946 (PDS) (1,000,546, 200,113, 500,279)
1947 (PDS) (100,017, 100,017, 100,017)
1948 (PDS) (8,005, 8,005, 8,005)
1949 (PDS) (6,004, 6,004, 6,004)
1950 (PDS) (6,004, 6,004, 512,091)
1951 (PDS) (510,082, 7,004, 7,004)
George Washington Carver/Booker T. Washington
1951 (PDS) (20,018, 10,004, 10,004)
1952 (PDS) (1,006,292, 8,006, 8,006)
1953 (PDS) (8,003, 8,003, 88,020)
1954 (PDS) (12,006, 12,006, 42,024)
Lafayette 1900 (36,026)
Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1903
Jefferson (17,375)
McKinley (17,375)
Lewis and Clark Exposition
1904 (10,025)
1905 (10,041)
Panama–Pacific 1915-S (15,000)
Grant Memorial
1922 (5,000)
1922 with star (5,006)
McKinley Birthplace Memorial
1916 (9,977)
1917 (10,000)
Two and a Half Dollars Gold
Panama–Pacific 1915-S (6,749)
Sesquicentennial of the United States 1926 (46,019)
Panama–Pacific (Round) 1915-S (483)
Panama–Pacific (Octagonal) 1915-S (645)
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