January 12, 2017 -
By Office of Corporate Communications January 11, 2017 The United States Mint will soon be offering the Lions Clubs International Centennial Silver Dollar. Public Law 112-181 authorizes the Mint to strike and issue up to 400,000 silver dollar coins with...
March 17, 2021 -
Released in 1893, the Queen Isabella Quarter was the first U.S. coin to feature a real woman, Queen Isabella of Spain. The coin was made for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago at the request of the exposition’s Board of...
December 29, 2016 -
The Lafayette Dollar was released in 1900 to commemorate the erection of a monument to General Lafayette, in the city of Paris, France. This was the first commemorative dollar coin by the United States Mint is also the first coin to...
December 29, 2016 -
The Panama-Pacific Exposition Half Dollar was issued in 1915 to commemorate the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The Exposition was held in San Francisco and celebrated the successful completion of the Panama Canal. This was the first commemorative coin to carry the motto IN GOD WE...
December 29, 2016 -
The Illinois Centennial Half Dollar was released in 1918 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the admission of Illinois into the Union.
December 29, 2016 -
The Maine Centennial Half Dollar was released in 1920 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Maine’s admission into the Union.
December 29, 2016 -
The Missouri Centennial Half Dollar was released in 1921 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Missouri’s admission into the Union.
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.
