| Coin |
Years
Minted |
Denomination |
Design Element |
|
| Category:
Animals |
| Lafayette |
1900 |
Dollar |
horse |
| Maine
Centennial |
1920 |
Half Dollar |
moose |
| Stone Mountain Memorial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
horses |
| California Diamond Jubilee |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
grizzly bear |
| Oregon Trail Memorial |
1926-1939 |
Half Dollar |
oxen |
| Vermont Sesquicentennial |
1927 |
Half Dollar |
catamount |
|
California Pacific International Exposition |
1935-1936 |
Half Dollar |
grizzly bear |
| Old Spanish Trail |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
head of a cow |
| Wisconsin Territorial Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
badger |
| York County Maine Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
horse |
| Albany NY Charter |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
beaver |
|
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Opening |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
grizzly bear |
| New Rochelle NY 250th Anniversary |
1938 |
Half Dollar |
calf |
| Category:
Birds |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Quarter Eagle |
eagle |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Fifty-Dollar |
owl |
| Illinois Centennial |
1918 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Alabama Centennial |
1921 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Stone Mountain Memorial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Texas Independence Centennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Connecticut Tercentenary |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Arkansas Centennial |
1935-1939 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Bridgeport CT Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Iowa
Centennial |
1946 |
Half Dollar |
eagle |
| Category: Buildings or Homes |
| McKinley Memorial |
1916-1917 |
Dollar |
memorial building Niles, OH |
| Grant
Memorial |
1922 |
Half Dollar |
frame house birthplace |
| Grant Memorial |
1922 |
Dollar |
frame house birthplace |
| Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
Old Belfry |
| Fort
Vancouver Centennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
Fort Vancouver |
| Sesquicentennial of American
Independence |
1926 |
Quarter Eagle |
Independence Hall |
| Texas Independence Centennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
The Alamo |
|
California Pacific International Exposition |
1935-1936 |
Half Dollar |
observation tower and State of California building
at the exposition |
| York County Maine Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
stockade on the Saco River |
| Lynchburg VA Sesquicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
old Lynchburg courthouse |
|
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Opening |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
old ferry tower |
| Columbia SC Sesquicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
old and new capitol buildings |
| Delaware Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Old Swedes Church |
| Iowa
Centennial |
1946 |
Half Dollar |
first stone capitol building at Iowa
City |
| Booker T. Washington Memorial |
1946-1951 |
Half Dollar |
log cabin birthplace, hall of fame
building |
| Category:
Exploration |
| World's Columbian Exposition |
1892-1893 |
Half Dollar |
flagship Santa Maria for exploring new
world |
| Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary |
1924 |
Half Dollar |
New Nederland ship |
| Hudson NY Sesquicentennial |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
explorer Henry Hudson's flagship, the Half
Moon |
| Old Spanish Trail |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
map showing the Old Spanish Trail |
| Cleveland Centennial / Great Lakes Exposition |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
map maker's compass and map |
| Long Island Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
a ship under full sail |
| Category:
Explorers |
| World's Columbian Exposition |
1892-1893 |
Half Dollar |
Christopher Columbus |
| Lewis & Clark Exposition |
1904-1905 |
Dollar |
Lewis on one side and Clark on the
other |
| Missouri Centennial |
1921 |
Half Dollar |
a frontiersman |
| Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary |
1924 |
Half Dollar |
Admiral Coligny and William the Silent |
| Fort
Vancouver Centennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
John McLoughlin |
| Oregon Trail Memorial |
1926-1939 |
Half Dollar |
settlers in covered wagon |
| Hawaiian Sesquicentennial |
1928 |
Half Dollar |
Captain James Cook |
| Maryland Tercentenary |
1934 |
Half Dollar |
Cecil Calvert known as Lord Baltimore |
| Daniel Boone Bicentennial |
1934 |
Half Dollar |
Daniel Boone |
| Cleveland Centennial / Great Lakes Exposition |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Moses Cleaveland |
| Long Island Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Dutch settler |
| Roanoke Island NC 350th Anniversary |
1937 |
Half Dollar |
Sir Walter Raleigh, Ellinor and Virginia
Dare |
| Category: Floral, Trees or Agriculture |
| Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
1903 |
Dollar |
olive branch |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Half Dollar |
oak branch and olive branch |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Fifty-Dollar |
western pine branch |
| Maine
Centennial |
1920 |
Half Dollar |
pine wreath, tree |
| Grant
Memorial |
1922 |
Half Dollar |
trees, grass, shrubs |
| Grant Memorial |
1922 |
Dollar |
trees, grass, shrubs |
| Hawaiian Sesquicentennial |
1928 |
Half Dollar |
coconut tree |
| Texas Independence Centennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
spray of laurel, oak branch |
| Connecticut Tercentenary |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
the Charter oak tree |
| Old Spanish Trail |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
yucca plant |
|
California Pacific International Exposition |
1935-1936 |
Half Dollar |
grapes and other agricultural bounty from the horn
of plenty |
| Providence RI Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
reeds by a river |
| Wisconsin Territorial Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
olive branch |
| York County Maine Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
trees on the mountains |
| Albany NY Charter |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
maple branch, pine branch and cones |
|
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Opening |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
trees on the hillside in the
background |
| Columbia SC Sesquicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
palmetto tree |
| Battle of Gettysburg Anniversary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
sprays of oak and laurel |
| Norfolk VA Bicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
floral sprays |
| Roanoke Island NC 350th Anniversary |
1937 |
Half Dollar |
pine branch |
| Battle of Antietam Anniversary |
1937 |
Half Dollar |
trees, grass |
| New Rochelle NY 250th Anniversary |
1938 |
Half Dollar |
fleur-de-lis |
| Category:
Founding Fathers |
| Lafayette |
1900 |
Dollar |
George Washington |
| Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
1903 |
Dollar |
Thomas Jefferson |
|
Sesquicentennial of American Independence |
1926 |
Half Dollar |
George Washington |
| Category:
Historical People |
| World's Columbian Exposition |
1892-1893 |
Half Dollar |
Christopher Columbus |
| World's Columbian Exposition, Isabella |
1893 |
Quarter |
Queen Isabella I of Spain |
| Lafayette |
1900 |
Dollar |
George Washington, marquis de
Lafayette |
| Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
1903 |
Dollar |
Thomas Jefferson, William McKinley |
| Lewis & Clark Exposition |
1904-1905 |
Dollar |
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark |
| McKinley Memorial |
1916-1917 |
Dollar |
William McKinley |
| Illinois Centennial |
1918 |
Half Dollar |
Abraham Lincoln |
| Pilgrim Tercentenary |
1920-1921 |
Half Dollar |
William Bradford |
| Alabama Centennial |
1921 |
Half Dollar |
William Wyatt Bibb and T.E. Kilby |
| Grant
Memorial |
1922 |
Half Dollar |
Ulysses S. Grant |
| Grant Memorial |
1922 |
Dollar |
Ulysses S. Grant |
| Monroe Doctrine Centennial |
1923 |
Half Dollar |
James Monroe and John Quincy Adams |
| Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary |
1924 |
Half Dollar |
Admiral Coligny and William the Silent |
| Stone Mountain Memorial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall"
Jackson |
| Fort
Vancouver Centennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
John McLoughlin |
|
Sesquicentennial of American Independence |
1926 |
Half Dollar |
George Washington, Calvin Coolidge |
| Vermont Sesquicentennial |
1927 |
Half Dollar |
Ira Allen |
| Hawaiian Sesquicentennial |
1928 |
Half Dollar |
James Cook |
| Maryland Tercentenary |
1934 |
Half Dollar |
Cecil Calvert (known as Lord
Baltimore) |
| Texas Independence Centennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
Sam Houston, Stephen Austin |
| Daniel Boone Bicentennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
Daniel Boone |
| Arkansas Centennial - Robinson |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Joseph T. Robinson |
| Providence RI Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Roger Williams |
| Cleveland Centennial / Great Lakes Exposition |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Moses Cleaveland |
| Cincinnati Music Center |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Stephen Foster |
| Bridgeport CT Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
P.T. Barnum |
| Lynchburg VA Sesquicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Carter Glass |
| Albany NY Charter |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Thomas Dongan, Peter Schuyler, Robert
Livingston |
| Roanoke Island NC 350th Anniversary |
1937 |
Half Dollar |
Sir Walter Raleigh, Ellinor Dare, Virginia
Dare |
| Battle of Antietam Anniversary |
1937 |
Half Dollar |
George B. McClellan, Robert E. Lee |
| New Rochelle NY 250th Anniversary |
1938 |
Half Dollar |
John Pell |
| Booker T. Washington Memorial |
1946-1951 |
Half Dollar |
Booker T. Washington |
| George Washington Carver / Booker T. Washington |
1951-1954 |
Half Dollar |
George Washington Carver, Booker T.
Washington |
| Category:
Indians |
| Missouri Centennial |
1921 |
Half Dollar |
an Indian standing with a frontiersman |
| Oregon Trail Memorial |
1926-1939 |
Half Dollar |
full-length image of an Indian with headdress,
blanket, and bow |
| Daniel Boone Bicentennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
an Indian holding a tomahawk |
| Arkansas Centennial |
1935-1939 |
Half Dollar |
portrait of an Indian in a feather
headdress |
| Providence RI Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
an Indian welcoming a man in a canoe |
| Long Island Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
portrait of an Indian alongside a European
portrait |
| Category:
Man (general, see Historical People for specific men) |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Dollar |
a Panama Canal laborer |
| Maine
Centennial |
1920 |
Half Dollar |
a farmer and a fisherman |
| Missouri Centennial |
1921 |
Half Dollar |
an Indian man standing with a
frontiersman |
| Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
Minute Man with rifle standing beside a plow, men
at the base of the Old Belfry |
| California Diamond Jubilee |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
a kneeling forty-niner panning for
gold |
| Fort
Vancouver Centennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
a frontiersman holding a rifle |
| Oregon Trail Memorial |
1926-1939 |
Half Dollar |
a full-length image of an Indian man with
headdress, blanket, and bow; man walking beside oxen |
| Hawaiian Sesquicentennial |
1928 |
Half Dollar |
a native chief |
| Maryland Tercentenary |
1934 |
Half Dollar |
two men standing on either side of a
shield |
| Daniel Boone Bicentennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
an Indian man standing with Daniel
Boone |
| Arkansas Centennial |
1935-1939 |
Half Dollar |
an Indian man's portrait beside a woman's
portrait |
| Hudson NY Sesquicentennial |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
Neptune riding a whale |
| Providence RI Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
an Indian man greeting a European
settler |
| Long Island Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
side-by-side portraits of a Dutch settler and an
Indian man |
| York County Maine Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
sentries guarding the fort |
| Elgin IL Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
pioneers, one on the front and several on the
back
|
| Category: Military or Military Figures |
| Lafayette |
1900 |
Dollar |
General Lafayette on horseback |
| Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
Minute Man with rifle, men defending
Lexington |
| Stone Mountain Memorial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall"
Jackson |
| Texas Independence Centennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
General Sam Houston and Stephen Austin |
| Battle of Gettysburg Anniversary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
a Union veteran and a Confederate
veteran |
| Battle of Antietam Anniversary |
1937 |
Half Dollar |
Generals George B. McClellan and Robert E.
Lee |
| Category: Monuments, Memorials or Statues |
| Lafayette |
1900 |
Dollar |
statue of General Lafayette |
| McKinley Memorial |
1916-1917 |
Dollar |
McKinley Memorial building |
| Illinois Centennial |
1918 |
Half Dollar |
Lincoln's portrait based on the statue
in Springfield IL |
| Grant
Memorial |
1922 |
Half Dollar |
the memorial of Grant's birthplace |
| Grant Memorial |
1922 |
Dollar |
the memorial of Grant's birthplace |
| Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
Minute Man based on statue by Daniel Chester
French |
| Stone Mountain Memorial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
memorial to the Soldier of the South |
| Elgin IL Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
"Pioneer Family Memorial" |
| Booker T. Washington Memorial |
1946-1951 |
Half Dollar |
memorial to his contributions |
| Category: Mythical People or Creatures |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Half Dollar |
Columbia - the female personification of the
United States of America |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Quarter Eagle |
hippocampus - mythological sea horse |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Fifty-Dollar |
Minerva - Roman goddess of wisdom |
| Texas Independence Centennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
winged Victory |
| Hudson NY Sesquicentennial |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
Neptune, Roman God of the sea, and a
mermaid |
|
California Pacific International Exposition |
1935-1936 |
Half Dollar |
Minerva - Roman goddess of wisdom |
| Category: Music, Documents or Books |
| Pilgrim Tercentenary |
1920-1921 |
Half Dollar |
pilgrim carrying a Bible |
| Monroe Doctrine Centennial |
1923 |
Half Dollar |
scroll and quill pen |
| Providence RI Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Roger Williams carries a bible in his left
hand |
| Cincinnati Music Center |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
female kneeling holding lyre |
| Albany NY Charter |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
rolled charter in hand |
| Category: Sea
Life |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Dollar
|
dolfins |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Quarter Eagle |
hippocampus - mythical sea horse |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Fifty-Dollar |
eight dolphins on the octagonal
version |
| Maryland Tercentenary |
1934 |
Half Dollar |
fish |
| Hudson NY Sesquicentennial |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
whale, mermaid |
| Category: Settlers, Frontiersmen or Colonists |
| Maine
Centennial |
1920 |
Half Dollar |
farmer and fisherman |
| Pilgrim Tercentenary |
1920-1921 |
Half Dollar |
pilgrim |
| Missouri Centennial |
1921 |
Half Dollar |
a frontiersman and an Indian standing with a
frontiersman |
| Fort
Vancouver Centennial |
1925 |
Half Dollar |
a frontiersman |
| Oregon Trail Memorial |
1926-1939 |
Half Dollar |
settlers and a Conastoga wagon |
| Daniel Boone Bicentennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
frontiersman Daniel Boone and on the back standing
with an Indian |
| Long Island Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
a Dutch settler and an Indian man |
| Elgin IL Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
a single pioneer on the front and several on the
back |
| Roanoke Island NC 350th Anniversary |
1937 |
Half Dollar |
Ellinor Dare holding baby Virginia
Dare |
| Category:
Ships, Boats or Canoes |
| World's Columbian Exposition |
1892-1893 |
Half Dollar |
the flagship Santa Maria |
| Pilgrim Tercentenary |
1920-1921 |
Half Dollar |
the Mayflower ship |
| Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary |
1924 |
Half Dollar |
the Nieuw Nederland ship |
| Hudson NY Sesquicentennial |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
Hudson's flagship, the Half Moon |
|
California Pacific International Exposition |
1935-1936 |
Half Dollar |
Ship in the background |
| Providence RI Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
a canoe |
| Long Island Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
a Dutch sailing vessel |
|
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Opening |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
ships in the bay headed toward the
bridge |
| Delaware Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
Swedish ship, the Kalmar Nyckel |
| Norfolk VA Bicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
ship under full sails |
| Roanoke Island NC 350th Anniversary |
1937
|
Half Dollar |
two sailing ships |
| Category: Emblem, Seal or Coat of Arms |
| Illinois Centennial |
1918 |
Half Dollar |
reverse based on Illinois State seal |
| Maine
Centennial |
1920 |
Half Dollar |
arms of the State of Maine |
| Alabama Centennial |
1921 |
Half Dollar |
seal of Alabama at the time of the
centennial |
| Maryland Tercentenary |
1934 |
Half Dollar |
arms of the State of Maryland |
| Hudson NY Sesquicentennial |
1935 |
Half Dollar |
seal of the city of Hudson |
|
California Pacific International Exposition |
1935-1936 |
Half Dollar |
several elements from the Great Seal of
California |
| Providence RI Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
an anchor on a shield |
| Wisconsin Territorial Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
elements of the Coat of Arms and the Great Seal of
Wisconsin |
| York County Maine Tercentenary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
an adaptation of the York County seal |
| Columbia SC Sesquicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
the state emblem, a palmetto tree |
| Battle of Gettysburg Anniversary |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
two shields representing the Union and Confederate
armies separated by a fasces |
| Norfolk VA Bicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
the obverse shows the Seal of Norfolk and the
reverse includes the Royal Mace of Norfolk |
| New Rochelle NY 250th Anniversary |
1938 |
Half Dollar |
fleur-de-lis adapted from the seal of the
city |
| Iowa
Centennial |
1946 |
Half Dollar |
elements from the Iowa State Seal |
| Category:
Woman (general, see Historical People for specific women) |
| World's Columbian Exposition, Isabella |
1893 |
Quarter |
kneeling woman symbolizing women's
industry |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Half Dollar |
a woman representing Columbia personifying the
USA |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Quarter Eagle |
a woman representing Columbia riding on a mythical
sea horse |
| Panama-Pacific Exposition |
1915 |
Fifty-Dollar |
a woman's helmeted head representing Minerva, goddess of
wisdom
|
| Monroe Doctrine Centennial |
1923 |
Half Dollar |
two suggested female figures forming the Western
Hemisphere |
| Sesquicentennial of American
Independence |
1926 |
Quarter Eagle |
female figure symbolizing Liberty |
| Oregon Trail Memorial |
1926-1939 |
Half Dollar |
woman and child in Conastoga wagon |
| Texas Independence Centennial |
1934-1938 |
Half Dollar |
kneeling female figure with wings representing
Winged Victory |
| Arkansas Centennial |
1935-1939 |
Half Dollar |
portrait of a young woman wearing a Liberty
cap |
| Cincinnati Music Center |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
woman with a lyre |
| Lynchburg VA Sesquicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
standing woman representing Liberty |
| Elgin IL Centennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
pioneer woman holding baby |
| Columbia SC Sesquicentennial |
1936 |
Half Dollar |
woman standing with scales in one hand and sword
in another representing justice |
