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Date Page Name Alternate Name Event/Benefactor Name on coin Comments
1892-1893 Columbian half dollar Columbian Exposition half dollar World's Columbian Exposition Columbian half dollar / World's Columbian Exposition Chicago WF 2 years
1893 Isabella quarter Columbian Exposition quarter dollar World's Columbian Exposition Board of Lady Managers • Columbian quar. dol. WF
1900 Lafayette dollar [[]] Exposition Universelle (1900) Lafayette dollar WF
1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollar [[]] Louisiana Purchase Exposition Louisiana Purchase Exposition • St. Louis • one dollar WF 2 different designs
1904-1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar [[]] Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Lewis-Clark Exposition Portland Ore. / one dollar WF 2 years
1915 Panama–Pacific commemorative coins Panama–Pacific International Exposition dollar Panama–Pacific International Exposition Panama-Pacific Exposition / half dollar WF 4 denom. / 5 coins total
Panama-Pacific Exposition • San Francisco / one dollar
Panama-Pacific Exposition / 2½ dol.
Panama-Pacific Exposition • San Francisco / fifty dollars
1916-1917 McKinley Birthplace Memorial gold dollar [[]] National McKinley Birthplace Memorial McKinley dollar / McKinley Birthplace Memorial Niles Ohio Mem 2 years
1918 Illinois Centennial half dollar Lincoln–Illinois half dollar Illinois Centennial Commission Centennial of the State of Illinois / half dollar
1920 Maine Centennial half dollar [[]] Office of the State Treasurer Maine Centennial / half dollar
1920-1921 Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar Pilgrim half dollar Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission Pilgrim half dollar / Pilgrim Tercentenary celebration 2 years
1921 Missouri Centennial half dollar [[]] Missouri Centennial Commission Missouri Centennial / half dollar 2 varieties
1921 Alabama Centennial half dollar [[]] Alabama Centennial Commission State of Alabama Centennial / half dollar Thomas Kilby LP 2 varieties
1922 Grant Memorial coinage Grant Memorial half dollar / Grant Memorial dollar Ulysses S. Grant Centenary Memorial Association Ulysses S. Grant / half dollar / one dollar Mem 2 denom. / 2 varieties each
1923 Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar [[]] American Historical Revue and Motion Picture Industry Exposition Monroe Doctrine Centennial Los Angeles / half dollar local
1924 Huguenot-Walloon half dollar Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary half dollar Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission Huguenot half dollar / Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary local
1925 Lexington–Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar [[]] United States Lexington–Concord Sesquicentennial Commission Patriot half dollar / Lexington–Concord Sesquicentennial
1925 Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar [[]] Stone Mountain Memorial Association Stone Mountain / "Memorial to the Valor of the Soldier of the South" half dollar Mem
1925 California Diamond Jubilee half dollar [[]] San Francisco Citizens' Committee California's Diamond Jubilee / half dollar
1925 Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar [[]] Fort Vancouver Centennial Corporation Fort Vancouver Centennial / half dollar local
1925 Norse-American medal [[]] Norse-American Centennial Norse American Centennial (medal) local not in RB
1926 United States Sesquicentennial coinage Sesquicentennial of American Independence half dollar Sesquicentennial Exposition Sesquicentennial of American Independence • half dollar / 2½ dollars Calvin Coolidge LP WF 2 denom.
1926-1939 Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [[]] Oregon Trail Memorial Association Oregon Trail Memorial / half dollar Mem 14 var. of year and mints
1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar Battle of Bennington Sesquicentennial half dollar Vermont Sesquicentennial Commission Battle of Bennington • half dollar
1928 Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar [[]] Cook Sesquicentennial Commission of Hawaii Capt. James Cook discoverer of Hawaii • half dollar reg. & proof
1930 Gadsden Purchase half dollar (vetoed) [[]] Gadsden Purchase Commission
1934 Maryland Tercentenary half dollar [[]] Maryland Tercentenary Commission Maryland Tercentenary / half dollar
1934-1938 Texas Centennial half dollar Start [[]] American Legion Texas Centennial Committee The Texas Independence Centennial / half dollar 13 var. of year and mints
1934-1938 Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar Stub? [[]] Kentucky Daniel Boone Bicentennial Commission Daniel Boone Bicentennial / half dollar 16 var. of year and mints
1935-1939 Arkansas Centennial half dollar Stub [[]] [[]] Arkansas Centennial / half dollar 15 var. of year and mints
1935-1936 California Pacific International Exposition half dollar San Diego half dollar California Pacific International Exposition California Pacific International Exposition / half dollar WF 2 years
1935 Connecticut Tercentenary half dollar [[]] Connecticut Tercentenary Commission Connecticut / half dollar
1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollar Hudson, New York Sesquicentennial half dollar [[]] Hudson half dollar / City of Hudson N.Y. local
1935 Old Spanish Trail half dollar [[]] El Paso Museum Old Spanish Trail / Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca half dollar local
1936 Arkansas-Robinson half dollar Stub [[]] [[]] Arkansas Centennial / half dollar Joseph Taylor Robinson LP
1936 Cleveland Centennial half dollar [[]] Great Lakes Exposition Cleveland Centennial • Great Lakes Exposition / half dollar WF
1936 Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar FAC [[]] Wisconsin Centennial Commission Wisconsin Territorial Centennial / half dollar local
1936 Long Island Tercentenary half dollar [[]] Long Island Tercentenary Committee Long Island Tercentenary • half dollar local
1936 York County, Maine, Tercentenary half dollar [[]] Committee for Commemoration of the Founding of York County York County • First County in Maine / half dollar local
1936 Bridgeport, Connecticut, Centennial half dollar [[]] Bridgeport Centennial, Inc. Bridgeport • Connecticut • Centennial • P. T. Barnum / half dollar local
1936 Lynchburg Sesquicentennial half dollar Lynchburg, Virginia Sesquicentennial half dollar Lynchburg Sesqui-Centennial Association Lynchburg Virginia Sesquicentennial • half dollar / Carter Glass LP local
1936 Elgin, Illinois, Centennial half dollar [[]] Elgin Centennial Monumental Committee Pioneer / Pioneer Memorial • Elgin, Illinois • half dollar local
1936 Albany Charter half dollar Albany, New York Charter half dollar Albany Dongan Charter Coin Committee Albany N.Y. / half dollar local
1936 San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar [[]] San Francisco Citizen's Celebration Committee San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge / half dollar local
1936 Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar [[]] Providence Tercentenary Commission Rhode Island / half dollar 3 mints
1936 Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar [[]] Cincinnati Musical Center Commemorative Coin Association Cincinnati - A Music Center of America / half dollar Stephen Foster local bogus 3 mints
1936 Columbia, South Carolina, Sesquicentennial half dollar [[]] Columbia Sesqui-Centennial Commission Columbia South Carolina • Sesquicentennial celebration of the capital / half dollar local 3 mints
1937 (1936) Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial half dollar [[]] Norfolk Advertising Board, Inc. Borough of Norfolk Bicentennial / Norfolk Virginia land grant • half dollar local
1937 (1936) Delaware Tercentenary half dollar Swedish Delaware half dollar Delaware Swedish Tercentenary Commission Delaware Tercentenary / half dollar Swedish coin also issued.
1937 (1936) Battle of Gettysburg half dollar Start [[]] [[]] Battle of Gettysburg • 75th Anniversary • half dollar / Blue and Gray Reunion
1937 Roanoke Island, North Carolina half dollar Stub [[]] [[]] The colonization of Roanoke Island North Carolina / half dollar
1937 Battle of Antietam half dollar Start [[]] Washington County Historical Society Seventy Fifth Anniversary • Battle of Antietam / half dollar
1937 (1938) New Rochelle 250th Anniversary half dollar New Rochelle, New York half dollar New Rochelle Commemorative Coin Committee New Rochelle New York / half dollar local
1946 Iowa Centennial half dollar Start [[]] Iowa Centennial Committee Iowa Statehood Centennial / half dollar
1946-1951 Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar Stub? [[]] Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial Commission (Booker T. Washington National Monument) Booker T. Washington • half dollar / Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial 18 var. of year and mints
1951-1954 Carver-Washington half dollar Stub? [[]] George Washington Carver National Monument Foundation George W. Carver • Booker T. Washington • half dollar / Freedom and Opportunity for All • Americanism 12 var. of year and mints
1954 Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar (vetoed) [[]] Louisiana Purchase 150th Anniversary Association
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