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Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
75th anniversary of the Gadsden Purchase |
Gadsden Purchase half dollar
(proposal vetoed) |
50¢ | James Gadsden (planned) [1] | Map of New Mexico, Arizona, and El Paso (planned) [1] | Reeded (planned) | 30.61 mm (planned) | 90%
Ag 10% Cu (planned) |
None authorized or minted
(authorization of 10,000 was proposed) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | ||||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | |||||
Bicentennial of the birth of George Washington | George Washington Bicentennial coins | Washington quarter [2] [note 1] | 25¢ |
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George Washington | Eagle | Reeded | 24.26 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Circulation: [4] |
George Washington Bicentennial half dollar
[5]
(canceled) [note 1] |
50¢ | George Washington (planned) | N/A | Reeded (planned) | 30.61 mm (planned) | 90% Ag 10% Cu (planned) |
None minted |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[6]
6,000,000 (max 1926–1939 total) Uncirculated: [6] 5,008 D |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
7,006 D |
Tercentenary of the state of Maryland | Maryland Tercentenary half dollar [9] | 50¢ |
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Portrait of Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | Coat of arms of Maryland with a banner including the motto "Fatti Maschii Parole Femine" below | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[9]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [9] 25,015 ( P) |
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[10]
1,500,000 (max 1934–1938 total) Uncirculated: [10] 205,113 (P) |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[12]
600,000 (max 1934–1938 total) Uncirculated: [12] 10,007 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[10]
10,008 (P) |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[12]
10,010 (P) |
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Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk, the date 1934 in right field | Uncirculated:
[12]
10,008 (P) Pattern: [13] 1 S (copper) | ||||||||
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[14]
500,000 (max 1935–1939 total) Uncirculated: [14] 13,012 (P) |
California Pacific International Exposition | California Pacific International Exposition half dollar [17] | 50¢ |
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Elements of the Seal of California, including Minerva, a grizzly bear, a cornucopia, and a shield | California Tower and Chapel of St. Francis | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[17]
250,000 (max 1935–1936 total) Uncirculated: [18] 250,132 S |
Tercentenary of the state of Connecticut | Connecticut Tercentenary half dollar [19] | 50¢ |
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Charter Oak, based on a painting by Charles DeWolf [note 6] | Standing eagle [note 6] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
25,000 (max) [19] Uncirculated: 25,018 (P) [19] |
Sesquicentennial of the city of Hudson, New York | Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollar [21] | 50¢ |
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The Half Moon with a crescent moon in the background [note 7] | Elements from the seal of the city of Hudson, including Neptune sitting on a whale with a mermaid blowing a conch to his left [note 7] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[21]
10,000 (max) Uncirculated: [21] 10,008 (P) |
The travels of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca | Old Spanish Trail half dollar [23] | 50¢ |
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The head of a cow | Yucca plant superimposed on map of the Gulf Coast states | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[23]
10,000 (max) Uncirculated: [23] 10,008 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | ||||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | |||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
10,006 (P) | |
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[10]
10,008 (P) | |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk, the date 1934 in right field | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[12]
12,012 (P) | |
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollars | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[24]
10,010 (P) |
Arkansas-Robinson half dollar [25] | 50¢ |
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Portrait of Joseph T. Robinson [note 5] | Authorized:
[25]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [25] 25,265 (P) | |||||||
California Pacific International Exposition | California Pacific International Exposition half dollar [17] | 50¢ |
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Elements of the Seal of California, including Minerva, a grizzly bear, a cornucopia, and a shield | California Tower and Chapel of St. Francis | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[26]
180,092 D | |
Centennial of the city of Cleveland, Ohio | Cleveland Centennial half dollar [27] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Moses Cleaveland | Map of the Great Lakes with cities marked by stars and with a compass point marking Cleveland | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[27]
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: [27] 50,030 (P) | |
Centennial of the territory of Wisconsin | Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar [28] | 50¢ |
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Badger with three arrows and an olive branch in the background | Arm holding a pickax and a small pile of rocks | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[28]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [28] 25,015 (P) | |
Tercentenary of Long Island | Long Island Tercentenary half dollar [29] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Algonquin Native American and a Dutch settler | Dutch sailing vessel | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[29]
100,000 (max) Uncirculated: [30] 100,053 (P) | |
Tercentenary of York County, Maine | York County, Maine Tercentenary half dollar [31] | 50¢ |
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Brown’s Garrison, the first settlement of York County | York County Seal | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[31]
30,000 (max) Uncirculated: [31] 25,015 (P) | |
Centennial of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut | Bridgeport, Connecticut, Centennial half dollar [32] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Phineas Taylor Barnum | Standing eagle | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[32]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [32] 25,015 (P) | |
Sesquicentennial of Lynchburg, Virginia | Lynchburg Sesquicentennial half dollar [33] | 50¢ |
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Portrait of Carter Glass | Liberty standing in front of the Lynchburg Courthouse | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[33]
20,000 (min) Uncirculated: [33] 20,013 (P) | |
Centennial of the city of Elgin, Illinois | Elgin, Illinois, Centennial half dollar [34] | 50¢ |
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Profile of a pioneer | Four adult pioneers and an infant, based on the proposed Pioneer Memorial statue | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[34]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [34] 25,015 (P) | |
250th anniversary of the Dongan Charter (Albany Charter) | Albany Charter half dollar [35] | 50¢ |
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Beaver gnawing on a maple branch | Thomas Dongan presenting a charter to Pieter Schuyler and Robert Livingston with an eagle flying overhead | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[35]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [35] 25,013 (P) | |
Completion of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar [36] | 50¢ |
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Grizzly Bear | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and the Ferry Tower, with Yerba Buena Island and East Bay Hills in the distance | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[36]
200,000 (max) Uncirculated: [37] 100,055 (P) | |
Tercentenary of the city of Providence, Rhode Island | Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar [38] | 50¢ |
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Roger Williams in a canoe greeting a Native American on the shore | Adaptation of the Seal of Rhode Island | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[38]
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: [38] 20,013 (P) | |
50th anniversary of Cincinnati, Ohio, as a center of music | Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar [39] | 50¢ |
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Bust of Stephen Foster | Female figure playing a lyre | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[39]
15,000 (max) Uncirculated: [39] 5,005 (P) | |
Sesquicentennial of the city of Columbia, South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina Sesquicentennial half dollar [40] | 50¢ |
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Justice, holding a sword and scales, with the two versions of the United States Capitol in the background | Palmetto tree surrounded by thirteen stars | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[40]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [40] 9,007 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
12,008 D |
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[10]
8,005 (P) |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk, the date 1934 in right field | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[12]
15,010 (P) |
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[14]
5,505 (P) |
Bicentennial of the city of Norfolk, Virginia | Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial half dollar (dated 1936) [41] | 50¢ |
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Adaption of the seal of Norfolk, Virginia | The Royal Mace of Norfolk, flanked by the split date 1636 | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[41]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [41] 25,013 (P) |
Tercentenary of the state of Delaware | Delaware Tercentenary half dollar (dated 1936) [42] | 50¢ |
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Old Swedes Church with a cloud overhead | Port view of the ship Kalmar Nyckel, the dual date 1638 ♦ 1938 | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[42]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [43] 25,015 (P) |
75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg | Battle of Gettysburg half dollar (dated 1936) [44] | 50¢ |
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Profiles of Union and Confederate soldiers | Union and Confederate shields separated by a fasces | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[44]
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: [44] 50,028 (P) |
350th anniversary of the Roanoke Colony | Roanoke Island, North Carolina half dollar [45] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Walter Raleigh | Ellinore Dare holding her child, Virginia Dare | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[45]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [46] 50,030 (P) |
75th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam | Battle of Antietam half dollar [47] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee | Burnside's Bridge with the inscriptions "The Burnside Bridge" and "September 17 1862" below | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[47]
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: [48] 50,028 (P) |
250th anniversary of the city of New Rochelle, New York | New Rochelle 250th Anniversary half dollar (dated 1938) [49] | 50¢ |
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John Pell and "Fatte Calfe" | Fleur de lis | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[49]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [49] 25,015 (P) Specimen: [50] 50 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
6,006 (P) |
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[10]
5,005 (P) |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk, the date 1934 in right field | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[12]
5,005 (P) |
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[14]
3,156 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
3,004 (P) |
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[14]
2,104 (P) |
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Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
75th anniversary of the Gadsden Purchase |
Gadsden Purchase half dollar
(proposal vetoed) |
50¢ | James Gadsden (planned) [1] | Map of New Mexico, Arizona, and El Paso (planned) [1] | Reeded (planned) | 30.61 mm (planned) | 90%
Ag 10% Cu (planned) |
None authorized or minted
(authorization of 10,000 was proposed) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | |||||
Bicentennial of the birth of George Washington | George Washington Bicentennial coins | Washington quarter [2] [note 1] | 25¢ |
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George Washington | Eagle | Reeded | 24.26 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Circulation: [4] |
George Washington Bicentennial half dollar
[5]
(canceled) [note 1] |
50¢ | George Washington (planned) | N/A | Reeded (planned) | 30.61 mm (planned) | 90% Ag 10% Cu (planned) |
None minted |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[6]
6,000,000 (max 1926–1939 total) Uncirculated: [6] 5,008 D |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
7,006 D |
Tercentenary of the state of Maryland | Maryland Tercentenary half dollar [9] | 50¢ |
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Portrait of Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | Coat of arms of Maryland with a banner including the motto "Fatti Maschii Parole Femine" below | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[9]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [9] 25,015 ( P) |
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[10]
1,500,000 (max 1934–1938 total) Uncirculated: [10] 205,113 (P) |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[12]
600,000 (max 1934–1938 total) Uncirculated: [12] 10,007 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[10]
10,008 (P) |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[12]
10,010 (P) |
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Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk, the date 1934 in right field | Uncirculated:
[12]
10,008 (P) Pattern: [13] 1 S (copper) | ||||||||
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[14]
500,000 (max 1935–1939 total) Uncirculated: [14] 13,012 (P) |
California Pacific International Exposition | California Pacific International Exposition half dollar [17] | 50¢ |
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Elements of the Seal of California, including Minerva, a grizzly bear, a cornucopia, and a shield | California Tower and Chapel of St. Francis | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[17]
250,000 (max 1935–1936 total) Uncirculated: [18] 250,132 S |
Tercentenary of the state of Connecticut | Connecticut Tercentenary half dollar [19] | 50¢ |
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Charter Oak, based on a painting by Charles DeWolf [note 6] | Standing eagle [note 6] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
25,000 (max) [19] Uncirculated: 25,018 (P) [19] |
Sesquicentennial of the city of Hudson, New York | Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollar [21] | 50¢ |
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The Half Moon with a crescent moon in the background [note 7] | Elements from the seal of the city of Hudson, including Neptune sitting on a whale with a mermaid blowing a conch to his left [note 7] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[21]
10,000 (max) Uncirculated: [21] 10,008 (P) |
The travels of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca | Old Spanish Trail half dollar [23] | 50¢ |
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The head of a cow | Yucca plant superimposed on map of the Gulf Coast states | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[23]
10,000 (max) Uncirculated: [23] 10,008 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | ||||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | |||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
10,006 (P) | |
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[10]
10,008 (P) | |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk, the date 1934 in right field | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[12]
12,012 (P) | |
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollars | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[24]
10,010 (P) |
Arkansas-Robinson half dollar [25] | 50¢ |
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Portrait of Joseph T. Robinson [note 5] | Authorized:
[25]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [25] 25,265 (P) | |||||||
California Pacific International Exposition | California Pacific International Exposition half dollar [17] | 50¢ |
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Elements of the Seal of California, including Minerva, a grizzly bear, a cornucopia, and a shield | California Tower and Chapel of St. Francis | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[26]
180,092 D | |
Centennial of the city of Cleveland, Ohio | Cleveland Centennial half dollar [27] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Moses Cleaveland | Map of the Great Lakes with cities marked by stars and with a compass point marking Cleveland | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[27]
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: [27] 50,030 (P) | |
Centennial of the territory of Wisconsin | Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar [28] | 50¢ |
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Badger with three arrows and an olive branch in the background | Arm holding a pickax and a small pile of rocks | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[28]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [28] 25,015 (P) | |
Tercentenary of Long Island | Long Island Tercentenary half dollar [29] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Algonquin Native American and a Dutch settler | Dutch sailing vessel | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[29]
100,000 (max) Uncirculated: [30] 100,053 (P) | |
Tercentenary of York County, Maine | York County, Maine Tercentenary half dollar [31] | 50¢ |
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Brown’s Garrison, the first settlement of York County | York County Seal | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[31]
30,000 (max) Uncirculated: [31] 25,015 (P) | |
Centennial of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut | Bridgeport, Connecticut, Centennial half dollar [32] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Phineas Taylor Barnum | Standing eagle | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[32]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [32] 25,015 (P) | |
Sesquicentennial of Lynchburg, Virginia | Lynchburg Sesquicentennial half dollar [33] | 50¢ |
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Portrait of Carter Glass | Liberty standing in front of the Lynchburg Courthouse | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[33]
20,000 (min) Uncirculated: [33] 20,013 (P) | |
Centennial of the city of Elgin, Illinois | Elgin, Illinois, Centennial half dollar [34] | 50¢ |
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Profile of a pioneer | Four adult pioneers and an infant, based on the proposed Pioneer Memorial statue | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[34]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [34] 25,015 (P) | |
250th anniversary of the Dongan Charter (Albany Charter) | Albany Charter half dollar [35] | 50¢ |
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Beaver gnawing on a maple branch | Thomas Dongan presenting a charter to Pieter Schuyler and Robert Livingston with an eagle flying overhead | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[35]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [35] 25,013 (P) | |
Completion of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar [36] | 50¢ |
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Grizzly Bear | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and the Ferry Tower, with Yerba Buena Island and East Bay Hills in the distance | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[36]
200,000 (max) Uncirculated: [37] 100,055 (P) | |
Tercentenary of the city of Providence, Rhode Island | Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar [38] | 50¢ |
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Roger Williams in a canoe greeting a Native American on the shore | Adaptation of the Seal of Rhode Island | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[38]
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: [38] 20,013 (P) | |
50th anniversary of Cincinnati, Ohio, as a center of music | Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar [39] | 50¢ |
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Bust of Stephen Foster | Female figure playing a lyre | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[39]
15,000 (max) Uncirculated: [39] 5,005 (P) | |
Sesquicentennial of the city of Columbia, South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina Sesquicentennial half dollar [40] | 50¢ |
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Justice, holding a sword and scales, with the two versions of the United States Capitol in the background | Palmetto tree surrounded by thirteen stars | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[40]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [40] 9,007 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
12,008 D |
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[10]
8,005 (P) |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk, the date 1934 in right field | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[12]
15,010 (P) |
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[14]
5,505 (P) |
Bicentennial of the city of Norfolk, Virginia | Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial half dollar (dated 1936) [41] | 50¢ |
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Adaption of the seal of Norfolk, Virginia | The Royal Mace of Norfolk, flanked by the split date 1636 | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[41]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [41] 25,013 (P) |
Tercentenary of the state of Delaware | Delaware Tercentenary half dollar (dated 1936) [42] | 50¢ |
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Old Swedes Church with a cloud overhead | Port view of the ship Kalmar Nyckel, the dual date 1638 ♦ 1938 | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[42]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [43] 25,015 (P) |
75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg | Battle of Gettysburg half dollar (dated 1936) [44] | 50¢ |
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Profiles of Union and Confederate soldiers | Union and Confederate shields separated by a fasces | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[44]
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: [44] 50,028 (P) |
350th anniversary of the Roanoke Colony | Roanoke Island, North Carolina half dollar [45] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Walter Raleigh | Ellinore Dare holding her child, Virginia Dare | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[45]
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: [46] 50,030 (P) |
75th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam | Battle of Antietam half dollar [47] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee | Burnside's Bridge with the inscriptions "The Burnside Bridge" and "September 17 1862" below | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[47]
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: [48] 50,028 (P) |
250th anniversary of the city of New Rochelle, New York | New Rochelle 250th Anniversary half dollar (dated 1938) [49] | 50¢ |
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John Pell and "Fatte Calfe" | Fleur de lis | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:
[49]
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: [49] 25,015 (P) Specimen: [50] 50 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
6,006 (P) |
Centennial of the state of Texas | Texas Centennial half dollar [10] | 50¢ |
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Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head [note 3] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[10]
5,005 (P) |
Bicentennial of the birth of Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar [12] | 50¢ |
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Profile of Daniel Boone [note 4] | Frontiersman holding a musket and chart of Kentucky facing an Native American holding a tomahawk, the date 1934 in right field | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[12]
5,005 (P) |
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[14]
3,156 (P) |
Commemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
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Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Oregon Trail | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar [6] | 50¢ |
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Native American holding a bow and standing in front of a map of the United States with the Oregon Trail marked [note 2] | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun [note 2] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[6]
3,004 (P) |
Centennial of the state of Arkansas | Arkansas Centennial half dollar [14] | 50¢ |
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Conjoined busts of a Native American and Liberty [note 5] | Eagle perched on the rising sun [note 5] | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:
[14]
2,104 (P) |