The Early United States commemorative coins traditionally begins with the 1892 Colombian Half dollar and extends through the 1954 Booker T. Washington issue. The profits from the sale of commemorative coins was often used to fund a specific project. Commemorative coins were a money raising mechanism that provided an alternative to raising taxes.

25 Cents Silver (mintage)

• Columbian Exposition
  Columbian Exposition quarter dollar
  The Columbian Exposition quarter commemorative coin, commonly referred to as the Isabella quarter, was minted as a result of a petition made by Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition for a souvenir quarter. It honors Queen Isabella of Spain who sponsored Columbus' travels that ended in...
  
   1893 (24,124)

50 Cents Silver (mintage)

• Columbian Exposition
  Columbian Exposition half dollar
  The Columbian Exposition half dollar is a commemorative coin minted to raise funds for the World's Columbian Exposition held in 1893, and to commemorate the quadricentennial of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the Americas- Obverse :...
  
  
  • 1892 (950,000, including about 100 proof coinage
    Proof coinage
    Proof coinage means special early samples of a coin issue, historically made for checking the dies and for archival purposes, but nowadays often struck in greater numbers specially for coin collectors . Many countries now issue them....
    
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  • 1893 (1,550,405, including about 100 proofs.)
• Panama-Pacific Exposition 1915-S (27,134)
• Lincoln/Illinois Centennial 1918 (100,058)
• Maine Centennial 1920 (50,028)
• Pilgrim Tercentenary
  • 1920 (152,112)
  • 1921 (20,053)
• Missouri Centennial 1921
  • 1921 (15,428)
  • 1921 2x4 (5,000)
• Alabama Centennial 1921
  Alabama centennial half dollar
  The Alabama centennial half dollar commemorative coin was minted to celebrate the centennial of Alabama's admission to the Union in 1819. This was the last slave holding territory admitted prior to the Missouri Compromise in 1820. This was also the first commemorative coin minted with the image of...
  
  
  • 1921 (59,038)
  • 1921 2x2 (6,006)
• Grant Memorial
  • 1922 (67,405)
  • 1922 with star (4,256)
• Monroe Doctrine Centennial 1923-S (274,077)
• Huguenot/Walloon Tercentenary 1924 (142,080)
• Lexington and Concord Sesquicentennial 1925 (162,013)
• Stone Mountain Memorial 1925 (1,314,709)
• California Diamond Jubilee 1925-S (86,594)
• Fort Vancouver Centennial 1925 (14,994)
• Sesquicentennial of American Independence 1926 (141,120)

• Oregon Trail Memorial
  Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar
  The Oregon Trail half dollar commemorative coin was minted to honor the migration of settlers to the west prior to the California Gold Rush, which began in 1849...
  
  
  • 1926 (PS) (47,955, 83,055)
  • 1928 (6,028)
  • 1933-D (5,008)
  • 1934-D (7,006)
  • 1936 (PS) (10,006, 5,006)
  • 1937-D (12,008)
  • 1938 (PDS) (6,006, 6,005, 6,006)
  • 1939 (PDS) (3,004, 3,004, 3005)
• Vermont Sesquicentennial 1927 (28,162)
• Hawaiian Sesquicentennial 1928 (10,008, including 50 proofs.)
• Maryland Tercentenary 1934 (25,015)
• Texas Centennial Half Dollar
  Texas Centennial Half Dollar
  The Texas Centennial half dollar commemorative coin was minted to honor the Centennial of Texas's independence from Mexico. Early in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on June 15, 1933, Congress passed an act to authorize the coinage of silver half dollars "in commemoration...
  
  
  • 1934 (61,463)
  • 1935 (PDS) (9,996, 10,007, 10,008)
  • 1936 (PDS) (8,911, 9,039, 9,055)
  • 1937 (PDS) (6,571, 6,605, 6,637)
  • 1938 (PDS) (3,780, 3,775, 3,814)

• Daniel Boone Bicentennial
  • 1934 (10,007)
  • 1935 (PDS) (10,010, 5,005, 5,005)
  • 1935/34 (PDS) (10,008, 2,003, 2,004)
  • 1936 (PDS) (12,012, 5,005, 5,006)
  • 1937 (PDS) (9,810, 2,506, 2,506)
  • 1938 (PDS) (2,100, 2,100, 2,100)
• Connecticut Tercentenary 1935 (25,018)
• Arkansas Centennial
  • 1935 (PDS) (13,012, 5,005, 5,006)
  • 1936 (PDS) (9,660, 9,660, 9,662)
  • 1937 (PDS) (5,505, 5,505, 5,506)
  • 1938 (PDS) (3,156, 3,155, 3,156)
  • 1939 (PDS) (2,104, 2,104, 2,105)
• Arkansas-Robinson 1936 (25,265)
• Hudson, New York Sesquicentennial1935 (10,008)
• San Diego, California Pacific Exposition
  • 1935-S (70,132)
  • 1936-D (30,092)
• Old Spanish Trail 1935 (10,008)
• Rhode Island Tercentenary 1936 (PDS) (20,013, 15,010, 15,011)
• Cleveland/Great Lakes Exposition 1936 (50,030)
• Wisconsin Territorial Centennial 1936 (25,015)
• Cincinnati Music Center 1936 (PDS) (5,005, 5,005, 5,006)
• Long Island Tercentenary 1936 (81,826)
• York County, Maine Tercentenary 1936 (25,015)
• Bridgeport, Connecticut Centennial
  Bridgeport Half Dollar
  The Bridgeport centennial half dollar commemorative coin was minted to celebrate the centennial of the incorporation of the city of Bridgeport, CT in 1936....
  
   1936 (25,015)
• Lynchburg, Virginia Sesquicentennial 1936 (20,013)
• Elgin Centennial 1936 (20,015)
• Albany, New York Charter 1936 (25,013)
• San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 1936-S (71,424)
• Columbia, South Carolina Sesquicentennial 1936 (PDS) (9,007, 8,009, 8,007)
• Delaware Tercentenary 1936 (20,993)
• Battle of Gettysburg 1936 (26,928)
• Norfolk, Virginia Bicentennial 1936 (16,936)
• Roanoke Island, North Carolina 1937 (29,030)
• Battle of Antietam 1937 (18,028)
• New Rochelle, New York 1938 (15,266)
• Iowa Centennial 1946 (100,057)
• Booker T.