December 28, 2016 -
The Alabama Centennial Half Dollar was released in 1921 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the admission of the State of Alabama into the Union. This coin was the first ever created by the Mint to carry a living person’s portrait.
December 28, 2016 -
The Grant Memorial Half Dollar was released in 1922 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of General Ulysses S. Grant’s birth.
December 28, 2016 -
The Monroe Doctrine Centennial Half Dollar was released in 1923 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine.
December 28, 2016 -
Press Release December 20, 1968 Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler, Chairman of the Joint Commission on the Coinage, today announced the results of a poll of all Commission members as suggested at the December 5 meeting on the...
December 28, 2016 -
The Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar was released in 1925 to commemorate the effort, begun in 1923, to carve the Stone Mountain Memorial in Georgia.
December 28, 2016 -
The Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial Half Dollar was released in 1925 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
March 17, 2021 -
The U.S. Mint released the Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Half Dollar in 1924. It commemorates the 300th anniversary of the 1624 settling of New Netherland (New York) by Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots, under the Dutch West India Company.
March 18, 2020 -
The Fort Vancouver Centennial Half Dollar was released in 1925 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Fort Vancouver by the Hudson’s Bay Company, State of Washington. The San Francisco Mint produced the coins, although there is no...
December 27, 2016 -
The California Diamond Jubilee Half Dollar was released in 1925 to commemorate the state’s 75th anniversary.
December 27, 2016 -
The Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar was released in 1926 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This coin marked the first time a U.S. President’s portrait appeared on a coin during his lifetime.
