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List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1920s)

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1920

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ Maine Centennial half dollar Arms of Maine Pine wreath 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

100,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

50,028 (P)

1920
50¢ Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar Governor William Bradford The Mayflower 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

300,000 (max 1920-1921 total)

Uncirculated:

200,112 (P)

1920

1921

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar Governor William Bradford, 1921 in field The Mayflower 90% Ag, 10% Cu Uncirculated:

100,053 (P)

1921
50¢ Missouri Centennial half dollar Daniel Boone Boone with a Native American 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

250,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

40,028 (P)

1921
50¢ Missouri Centennial half dollar

(2*4 variety)

Daniel Boone, 2*4 in field Boone with a Native American 90% Ag, 10% Cu Uncirculated:

10,000 (P)

1921
50¢ Alabama Centennial half dollar Thomas Kilby and William Bibb Adaptation of the State Seal of Alabama 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

100,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

35,030 (P)

1921
50¢ Alabama Centennial half dollar

(2X2 variety)

Thomas Kilby and William Bibb, 2X2 in field Adaptation of the State Seal of Alabama 90% Ag, 10% Cu Uncirculated:

30,014 (P)

1921

1922

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ Grant Memorial half dollar

(no star)

Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

250,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

95,055 (P)

1922
50¢ Grant Memorial half dollar

(star)

Ulysses S. Grant, star between AMERICA and GRANT Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant 90% Ag, 10% Cu Uncirculated:

5,000 (P)

1922
$1 Grant Memorial dollar

(no star)

Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant 90% Au, 10% Cu Authorized:

10,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

5,016 (P)

1922
$1 Grant Memorial dollar

(star)

Ulysses S. Grant, star between AMERICA and GRANT Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant 90% Au, 10% Cu Pattern:

1 (P) (brass or bronze)

Uncirculated:

5,016 (P)

1922

1923

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar Conjoined heads of former presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Stylized figures representing North and South America touch at the Panama Canal 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

300,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

274,077 S

1923

1924

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ Huguenot-Walloon half dollar Gaspard de Coligny and William the Silent Nieuw Nederlandt 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

300,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

142,080 (P)

1924

1925

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts Old Belfry in Lexington, Massachusetts 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

300,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

162,099 (P)

1925
50¢ Stone Mountain Memorial half dollar Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson Eagle perched on a mountain crag; inscription to the bravery of the soldiers of the South 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

5,000,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

2,314,709 (P)

1925
50¢ California Diamond Jubilee half dollar A Forty-Niner panning for gold Grizzly bear 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

300,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

150,200 S

1925
50¢ Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar John McLoughlin Frontiersman with Mount Hood in background 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

300,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

50,028 (S)

1925

Medals

Medal Obverse design Reverse design Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
Norse-American medal

(gold)

Viking warrior Viking longship Proof:

100 (P)

1925
Norse-American medal

(silver)

Viking warrior Viking longship Uncirculated:

6,000 (P) (thin)
33,750 (P) (thick)

1925
Norse-American medal

(silver-plated bronze)

Viking warrior Viking longship Uncirculated:

est. 60-75 (P)

1925

1926

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ United States Sesquicentennial half dollar George Washington and Calvin Coolidge Liberty Bell 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

1,000,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

1,000,528 (P)

1926
$2.50 United States Sesquicentennial quarter eagle Liberty, bearing a scroll representing the United States Declaration of Independence and a torch Independence Hall, with sunlight behind it 90% Au, 10% Cu Authorized:

200,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

200,226 (P)

1926
50¢ Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar Native American standing in front of a US map Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

6,000,000 (max 1926–1939 total)

Uncirculated:

48,030 (P)
100,055 S

1926

1927

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar Ira Allen Cougar 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

40,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

40,034 (P)

1927

1928

Non-circulating coins

Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse
50¢ Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar Native American standing in front of a US map Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun 90% Ag, 10% Cu Uncirculated:

50,028 (P)

1928
50¢ Hawaii Sesquicentennial half dollar Captain James Cook A Hawaiian chieftain with extended arm; Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head in background 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized:

10,000 (max)

Uncirculated:

9,958 (P)

Proof:

50 (P)

1928

References

  1. "1920 Maine Centennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 23 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  2. "1920-1921 Pilgrim Tercentenary Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  3. "1920-1921 Pilgrim Tercentenary Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  4. "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 30)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  5. "1921 Missouri Centennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 29 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  6. ^ "1921 Alabama Centennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  7. "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 34)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  8. "1922 Grant Memorial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 7 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  9. "1922 Grant Memorial Gold Dollar Commemorative Coin". 4 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  10. "J2025/P2066". uspatterns.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  11. "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 23)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  12. "1923 Monroe Doctrine Centennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 14 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  13. Aĭtbaeva, null (1975). "". Zdravookhranenie Kirgizii (4): 35–37. ISSN 0132-8867. PMID 1924.
  14. "1925 Lexington Concord Sesquicentennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 28 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  15. "1925 Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 11 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  16. "1925 California Diamond Jubilee Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 21 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  17. "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 44)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  18. "Norse Medal Matte Gold (Proof) Norse Medal - PCGS CoinFacts". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  19. "Norse Medal Thick (Regular Strike) Norse Medal - PCGS CoinFacts". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  20. Swiatek, pp. 168–169.
  21. "1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 15 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  22. "1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence Quarter Eagle Commemorative Coin". 19 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  23. "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 58)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  24. "1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 8 February 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  25. "1926-1939 Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 23 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  26. "1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 11 February 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

Bibliography

  • Swiatek, Anthony (2012). Encyclopedia of the Commemorative Coins of the United States. Chicago: KWS Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9817736-7-4.
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