User:ZLEA/sandbox/List of United States commemorative coins (1950s)
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1950
editTraditional commemorative coins
editCommemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Booker T. Washington | Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar[1] | 50¢ | Portrait of Booker T. Washington | Hall of Fame for Great Americans and a log cabin | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:[1]
5,000,000 (max 1946-1951 total) Uncirculated:[2] |
1951
editTraditional commemorative coins
editCommemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Booker T. Washington | Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar[1] | 50¢ | Portrait of Booker T. Washington | Hall of Fame for Great Americans and a log cabin | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:[3]
510,082 (P) | ||
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver | Carver-Washington half dollar[4] | 50¢ | Conjoined busts of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington | Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Authorized:[4]
3,415,631 (max 1951–1954 total) Uncirculated:[5] 110,018 (P) |
1952
editTraditional commemorative coins
editCommemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver | Carver-Washington half dollar[4] | 50¢ | Conjoined busts of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington | Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:[6]
2,006,292 (P) |
1953
editTraditional commemorative coins
editCommemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver | Carver-Washington half dollar[4] | 50¢ | Conjoined busts of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington | Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:[7]
8,003 (P) |
1954
editTraditional commemorative coins
editCommemoration | Coin | Face value | Images | Description | Mintage | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obverse | Reverse | Obverse design | Reverse design | Edge | Diameter | Composition | ||||
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver | Carver-Washington half dollar[4] | 50¢ | Conjoined busts of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington | Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) | Reeded | 30.61 mm | 90% Ag 10% Cu |
Uncirculated:[8]
12,006 (P) | ||
Tercentenary of the city of Northampton, Massachusetts | Northampton, Massachusetts Tercentennial half dollar
(proposal vetoed, was to be dated 1953) |
50¢ | N/A | N/A | Reeded (planned) | 30.61 mm (planned) | 90% Ag 10% Cu (planned) |
None authorized or minted
(authorization of 1,000,000 was proposed) | ||
Tercentennial of New York City, New York | City of New York Tercentennial half dollar
(proposal vetoed) |
50¢ | N/A | N/A | Reeded (planned) | 30.61 mm (planned) | 90% Ag 10% Cu (planned) |
None authorized or minted
(authorization of 5,000,000 was proposed) | ||
Sesquicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase | Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar
(proposal vetoed) |
50¢ | N/A | N/A | Reeded (planned) | 30.61 mm (planned) | 90% Ag 10% Cu (planned) |
None authorized or minted
(authorization of 2,500,000 was proposed) |
References
edit- ^ a b c "1946-1951 Booker T. Washington Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 172)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: Commemorative Coins of the United States (Page 173)". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ a b c d e "1951-1954 George Washington Carver Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ^ "1951-1954 George Washington Carver Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1951-1954 George Washington Carver Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1951-1954 George Washington Carver Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- ^ "1951-1954 George Washington Carver Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". Retrieved 2019-04-11.