US Commemorative Silver Half Dollar coins - catalog with values
United Stats of America
Dollar=100 cents
Face value: half dollar ($1/2=50 cents)
Composition: silver 0.900
30.6 mm.
12.5 g.
Edge: Reeded
1/2 dollar 1892 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
Santa Maria sailing left, two globes below / WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO / 1492 / 1892
Christopher Columbus bust right / COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
KM#117
VF condition $25-35
1/2 dollar 1915 PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION
Columbia standing, sunset in background / PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION / 1915
Eagle standing on shield / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST
KM#135
VF condition $100-150
1/2 dollar 1918 ILLINOIS CENTENNIAL
Eagle standing left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / STATE SOVEREIGNTY NATIONAL UNION
Abraham Lincoln bust right / CENTENIAL OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / 1918
KM#143
XF condition $40-60
1/2 dollar 1920 MAINE CENTENNIAL
Legend within wreath / MAINE CENTENNIAL 1820-1920 / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST
Arms of the State of Maine / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
KM#146
XF condition $100-120
1/2 dollar 1920 PILGRIM TERCENTENARY
Mayflower sailing left / PILGRIM TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION / 1620-1920
William Bradford half-length left / PILGRIM HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST
KM#147
XF condition $70-90
1/2 dollar 1921 ALABAMA CENTENNIAL
Eagle left on shield / STATE OF ALABAMA / 1819 CENTENNIAL 1919
William W. Bibb and T.E. Kilby conjoint busts left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / BIBB 1921 KILBY
KM#148
XF condition $120-150
1/2 dollar 1921 MISSOURI CENTENNIAL
Frontiersman and Native American standing left / MISSOURI CENTENNIAL / SEDALIA
Frontiersman in coonskin cap left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 1821 1921
KM#149
XF condition $300-400
1/2 dollar 1922 GRANT MEMORIAL
Birthplace in Point Pleasant, Ohio / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Grant bust right / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ULYSSES GRANT 1822 1922
KM#151
XF condition $150-200
1/2 dollar 1923 MONROE DOCTRINE CENTENNIAL
Western Hemisphere portrayed by two female figures / MONROE DOCTRINE CENTENNIAL 1823 1923 / LOS ANGELES
James Monroe and John Quincy Adams conjoint busts left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST 1923 / MONROE ADAMS
KM#153
XF condition $50-70
1/2 dollar 1924 HUGUENOT-WALLOON TERCENTENARY
Nieuw Nederland sailing left / HUGUENOT-WALLOON TERCENTENARY / 1624 1924 / FOUNDING OF NEW NETHERLANDS
Huguenot leader Gaspard de Coligny and William I of Orange conjoint busts right / HUGUENOT-HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST 1923 / COLIGNY WILLIAM THE SILENT
KM#154
XF condition $100-120
1/2 dollar 1925 CALIFORNIA DIAMOND JUBILEE
Grizzly bear walking left / LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / CALIFORNIA'S DIAMOND JUBILEE 1925
Fourty-Niner kneeling panning for gold / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
KM#155
XF condition $120-150
1/2 dollar 1925 LEXINGTON-CONCORD SESQUICENTENNIAL
Old Belfry at Lexington / LEXINGTON-CONCORD SESQUICENTENNIAL / OLD BELFRY LEXINGTON 1775-1925
Concord's Minute Man statue / PATRIOT HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / CONCORD MINUTMAN / IN GOD WE TRUST
KM#156
XF condition $80-100
1/2 dollar 1925 STONE MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL
Eagle on rock at right / IN GOD WE TRUST / STONE MOUNTAIN 1925
Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson mounted left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / MEMORIAL TO THE VALOR OF THE SOLDIER OF THE SOUTH / LIBERTY
KM#157
XF condition $80-100
1/2 dollar 1925 FORT VANCOUVER CENTENNIAL
Frontiersmen standing with musket, Ft. Vancouver in background / FORT VANCOUVER CENTENNIAL / VANCOUVER WASHINGTON FOUNDED 1825 SY HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY
John McLoughlin bust left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 1825 1925 IN GOD WE TRUST
KM#158
XF condition $250-300
1/2 dollar 1926 U.S. SESQUICENTENNIAL
Liberty Bell / HALF DOLLAR / SESQUICENTENNIALOF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1776 1926
George Washington and Calvin Coolidge conjoint busts right / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST
KM#160
XF condition $80-100
1/2 dollar 1926-1939 OREGON TRAIL MEMORIAL
1926, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
Conestoga wagon pulled by oxen left towards sunset / OREGON TRAIL MEMORIAL / IN GOD WE TRUST
Native American standing in full headdress and holding bow, US Map in background / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
KM#159
XF condition $130-150
1/2 dollar 1927 VERMONT SESQUICENTENNIAL
Catamount advancing left / HALF DOLLAR / BATTLE OF BENNINGTON IN GOD WE TRUST 1777-1927 / AUG.16 / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Ira Allen bust right / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IRA ALLEN FOUNDER OF VERMONT
KM#162
XF condition $150-200
1/2 dollar 1928 HAWAIIAN SESQUICENTENNIAL
Native Hawaiian standing over view of Diamond Head / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1778 1928
Captain James Cook bust left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / CAPTAIN JAMES COOK DISCOVERER OF HAWAII
KM#163
XF condition $1000-1500
1/2 dollar 1934 MARYLAND TERCENTENARY
Maryland state arms / MARYLAND TERCENTENARY / 1834-1934
Lord Baltimore, Cecil Calvert bust right / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / CECIL CALVERT
KM#166
UNC condition $150-200
1/2 dollar 1934-1938 TEXAS CENTENNIAL
1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
Winged Victory kneeling beside Alamo Mission, small busts of Sam Houston and Stephen Austin at sides / THE TEXAS INDEPENDENCE CENTENARY / REMEMBER THE ALAMO / 1836-1936
Eagle standing left, large star in background / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1934
KM#167
UNC condition $150-180
1/2 dollar 1935 CONNECTICUT TERCENTENARY
Charter oak tree / CONNECTICVT 1635-1935 / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / THE CHARTER OAK
Eagle standing left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
KM#169
UNC condition $200-250
1/2 dollar 1935 HUDSON, N.Y., SESQUICENTENNIAL
Seal of the City of Hudson / CITY OF HUDSON / ET DECUS ET PRETIUM RECTI / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1785-1935
Hudson's ship, the Half Moon sailing right / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / HUDSON
KM#170
UNC condition $450-550
1/2 dollar 1935 OLD SPANISH TRAIL
The 1535 route of Cabeza de Vaca's expedition and a yucca tree / OLD SPANISH TRAIL / EL PASO / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1535-1935
Long-horn cow's head facing / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY / ALVAR NUNES CABESA DE VACA
KM#172
UNC condition $800-1000
1/2 dollar 1935-1936 SAN DIEGO PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
State of California exposition building / SAN DIEGO 1935 / IN GOD WE TRUST / CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
Seated female with bear at her side / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY
KM#171
UNC condition $100-150
1/2 dollar 1935-1938 DANIEL BOONE BICENTENNIAL
1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
Daniel Boone and Native American standing / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / DANIEL BOON BICENTENNIAL / 1934 PIONEER YEAR / 1936
Daniel Boone bust left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
KM#165
UNC condition $50-80
1/2 dollar 1935-1939 ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL - Liberty and Indian Chief's
1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
Liberty and Indian Chief's conjoint heads left / ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL / 1836 1936
Eagle with outstretched wings and Flag of Arkansas in background / HALF DOLLAR 1936 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ARKANSAS / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
KM#168
UNC condition $100-150
1/2 dollar 1936 ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL - Joe T. Robinson
Sen. Joseph T. Robinson bust right / ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL 1836 1936 / LIBERTY / JOSEPH T. ROBINSON
Eagle with outstretched wings and Flag of Arkansas in background / HALF DOLLAR 1936 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ARKANSAS / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
KM#167
UNC condition $100-150
1/2 dollar 1936 ALBANY, N.Y., CHARTER ANNIVERSARY
Standing figures of Thomas Dongan, Peter Schuyler and Robert Livingston / ALBANY N.Y. SETTLED 1614 CHARTERED 1686 / 1936
Beaver knowing on maple branch / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / IN GOD WE TRUST
KM#173
UNC condition $150-200
1/2 dollar 1936 SAN FRANCISCO - OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE
Oakland Bay Bridge / SAN FRANCISCO - OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE / 1936
Grizzly bear facing / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY
KM#174
UNC condition $150-200
1/2 dollar 1936 BRIDGEPORT, CONN., CENTENNIAL
P.T. Barnum bust left / BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICVT CENTENNIAL / R.T.BARNVM / 1836-1936
Eagle standing right / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY
KM#175
UNC condition $100-150
1/2 dollar 1936 CINCINNATI MUSIC CENTER
Kneeling female with lyre / CINCINNATI A MUSIC CENTER OF AMERICA / 1886-1936 / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY
Stephen Foster bust right / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / STEPHEN FOSTER AMERICA'S TROUBADOUR
KM#176
UNC condition $350-400
1/2 dollar 1936 CLEVELAND - GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION
Dividers and map of the Great Lakes / CLEVELAND CENTENNIAL / 1836 GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION 1936 / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Moses Cleaveland bust left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / MOSES CLEAVLAND
KM#177
UNC condition $50-100
1/2 dollar 1936 COLUMBIA, S.C., SESQUICENTENNIAL
Figure of Justice between capitols of 1786 and 1936 / COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA / SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE CAPITAL / LIBERTY / 1786 1936
Palmetto tree / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / IN GOD WE TRUST
KM#178
UNC condition $200-250
1/2 dollar 1936 DELAWARE TERCENTENARY
Kalmar Nyckel sailing left / DELAWARE TERCENTENARY / 1638 1938 / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY
Old Swedes Church in Wilmington / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1936
KM#179
UNC condition $200-250
1/2 dollar 1936 ELGIN, ILL., CENTENNIAL
Statue group / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / PIONEER MEMORIAL / ELGIN ILLINOIS / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Trygve Rovelstad / PIONEER / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1673 1936
KM#180
UNC condition $150-200
1/2 dollar 1936 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 75TH ANNIVERSARY
Double blazed fasces separating two shields / HALF DOLLAR / 1863 75TH ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 1938 / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1936
Union and Confederate veteran conjoint busts right / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / BLUE AND GREY REUNION / LIBERTY / E PLURIBUS UNUM
KM#181
UNC condition $450-500
1/2 dollar 1936 LONG ISLAND TERCENTENARY
Dutch sailing vessel / 1936 LONG ISLAND TERCENTENARY / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HALF DOLLAR / IN GOD WE TRUST
Dutch settler and Native American conjoint head right / LIBERTY / E PLURIBUS UNUM
KM#182
UNC condition $50-100
1/2 dollar 1936 LYNCHBURG, VA., SESQUICENTENNIAL
Liberty standing, old Lynchburg courthouse at right / HALF DOLLAR / LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA SESQUICENTENNIAL / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1786 1936
Sen. Carter Glass bust left / CARTER GLASS / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY
KM#183
UNC condition $200-250
1/2 dollar 1936 NORFOLK, VA., BICENTENNIAL
Royal Mace of Norfolk / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / NORFOLK VIRGINIA LAND GRANT / 1636 / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY
Seal of the City of Norfolk / BOROUGH OF NORFOLK BICENTENNIAL / 1936 / TOWN 1682 BOROUGH 1736 CITY 1845 / CITY OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA / ET TERRA RT MARE DIVITIAE TUAE / CRESCAS
KM#184
UNC condition $300-400
1/2 dollar 1936 RHODE ISLAND TERCENTENARY
Williams in canoe hailing Native American / 1636 RHODE ISLAND 1936 / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY
Shield with anchor / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HOPE / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1936
KM#185
UNC condition $100-150
1/2 dollar 1936 WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL CENTENNIAL
Pick axe and mound of lead ore / WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL CENTENNIAL / 4TH DAY OF JULY ANNO DOMINI 1836 / 1936
Badger from the Territorial seal / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY
KM#188
UNC condition $100-150
1/2 dollar 1936 YORK COUNTY, MAINE, TERCENTENARY
York County seal / YORK COUNTY / FIRST COUNTY IN MAINE / 1636 1936 / IN GOD WE TRUST
Stockade / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / E PLURIBUS UNUM
KM#189
UNC condition $100-150
1/2 dollar 1937 ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C.
Ellinor Dare holding baby Virginia, two small ships flanking / THE COLONIZATION OF ROANOKE ISLAND NORTH CAROLINA / THE BIRTH OF VIRGINIA DARE / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1587-1937
Sir Walter Raleigh bust left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM LIBERTY / SIR WALTER RALEIGH / 1937
KM#186
UNC condition $150-200
1/2 dollar 1937 BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 75TH ANNIVERSARY
Burnside Bridge / SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF ANTIETAM / E PLURIBUS UNUM / THE BIRNSIDE BRIGE SEPTEMBER 17 1862
Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan conjoint busts left / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / GEN GEORGE MC CLELLAN GEN ROBRT E LEE
KM#190
UNC condition $500-600
1/2 dollar 1938 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.
John Pell and a calf / NEW ROCHELLE NEW YORK / SETTLED 1688 INCORPORATED 1899
Fleur-de-lis from the seal of the city / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1938
KM#191
UNC condition $300-400
1/2 dollar 1946 IOWA STATEHOOD CENTENNIAL
Iowa state seal / IOWA STATEHOOD CENTENNIAL / 1846 1946 / OUR LIBERTIES WE PRIZE AND OUR RIGHTS WE WILL MAINTAIN / E PLURIBUS UNUM
First Capitol building at Iowa City / HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / THE OLD STONE CAPITAL IOWA CITY
KM#197
UNC condition $80-100
1/2 dollar 1946-1951 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951
Cabin and NYU's Hall of Fame / FROM SLAVE CABIN TO HALL OF FAME / IN GOD WE TRUST / FRANCLIN COUNTY VA. / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE MEMORIAL / LIBERTY
Booker T. Washington bust right / BOOKER T. WASHINGTON / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / 1946 HALF DOLLAR / E PLURIBUS UNUM
KM#198
UNC condition $25-35
1/2 dollar 1951-1954 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
Map of the United States / U.S.A. / AMERICANISM / FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
BookerT. Washington and George Washington Carver conjoint busts right / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / HALF DOLLAR / GEORGE W. CAEVER LIBERTY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON / 1952
KM#200
Other US coins
Commemorative coins
States, D.C. and Territories Quarters
America the Beautiful Quarters
5 cents Lewis and Clark's expedition
1 cent 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial
Costs of US Commemorative Silver Half Dollar coins in this catalog approximate and indicated specifically for the coin shown in the picture.
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