List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1920s)
1920
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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50¢ | Maine Centennial half dollar | Arms of Maine | Pine wreath | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 100,000 (max) Uncirculated: | 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)[2] | 1920 |
1921
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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50¢ | Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar | Governor William Bradford, 1921 in field | The Mayflower | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 100,053 (P)[3] | 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)[4] | 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)[5] | 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)[6] | 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)[6] | 1921 |
1922
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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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)[7] | 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)[8] | 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)[9] | 1922 | ||
$1 | Grant Memorial dollar (star) | Ulysses S. Grant, star between AMERICA and GRANT | Birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant | 90% Au, 10% Cu | Pattern:[10] 1 (P) (brass or bronze) Uncirculated: 5,016 (P)[11] | 1922 |
1923
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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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: | 1923 |
1924
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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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)[13] | 1924 |
1925
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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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)[14] | 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)[15] | 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[16] | 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)[17] | 1925 |
Medals
[edit]Medal | Obverse design | Reverse design | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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Norse-American medal (gold) | Viking warrior | Viking longship | Proof: 100 (P)[18] | 1925 | ||
Norse-American medal (silver) | Viking warrior | Viking longship | Uncirculated: 6,000 (P) (thin) | 1925 | ||
Norse-American medal (silver-plated bronze) | Viking warrior | Viking longship | Uncirculated: est. 60-75 (P)[20] | 1925 |
1926
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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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)[21] | 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)[22] | 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) | 1926 |
1927
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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50¢ | Vermont Sesquicentennial half dollar | Ira Allen | Cougar | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 40,000 (max) Uncirculated: 40,034 (P)[24] | 1927 |
1928
[edit]Non-circulating coins
[edit]Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
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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)[25] | 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)[26] | 1928 |
References
[edit]- ^ "1920 Maine Centennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 23 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1920-1921 Pilgrim Tercentenary Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1920-1921 Pilgrim Tercentenary Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 26 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 30)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "1921 Missouri Centennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 29 September 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ a b "1921 Alabama Centennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 34)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "1922 Grant Memorial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 7 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1922 Grant Memorial Gold Dollar Commemorative Coin". 4 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "J2025/P2066". uspatterns.com. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 23)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "1923 Monroe Doctrine Centennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 14 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ Aĭtbaeva, null (1975). "[Ultrasonic test in evaluation of the function of the Eustachian tube]". Zdravookhranenie Kirgizii (4): 35–37. ISSN 0132-8867. PMID 1924.
- ^ "1925 Lexington Concord Sesquicentennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 28 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1925 Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 11 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1925 California Diamond Jubilee Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 21 October 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 44)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "Norse Medal Matte Gold (Proof) Norse Medal - PCGS CoinFacts". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "Norse Medal Thick (Regular Strike) Norse Medal - PCGS CoinFacts". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ Swiatek, pp. 168–169.
- ^ "1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 15 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence Quarter Eagle Commemorative Coin". 19 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 58)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 8 February 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1926-1939 Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 23 November 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 11 February 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
Bibliography
[edit]- Swiatek, Anthony (2012). Encyclopedia of the Commemorative Coins of the United States. Chicago: KWS Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9817736-7-4.