Coins - Classic Commemorative
Coins Organized by Denomination
The classic commemorative coins are listed below by denomination or face value from smallest to largest. The
smallest classic commemorative coin face value is the World's Columbian Exposition Isabella silver quarter dollar.
The largest is the Panama-Pacific Exposition fifty-dollar gold coin.
The list of classic commemorative coins also includes silver half dollars, silver dollars, gold dollars and gold
quarter eagles (face value of $2.50).
The US Mint produced the classic commemorative coins from 1892 through 1954 at which time they discontinued
their commorative coin programs until 1982.
The list is first by denomination or face value and then by alphabetical order. Click on the links for more
information about the specific classic commemorative coin.
Years Minted
|
Commemorative Coin |
Denomination
|
Metal |
Value Low |
Value High |
Silver Quarter Dollar Classic Commemorative
Coins
|
1893 |
World's Columbian Exposition, Isabella |
Quarter |
Silver |
$330 |
$4,000 |
Silver Half Dollar Classic Commemorative
Coins
|
1921 |
Alabama
Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$144 |
$2,800 |
1936 |
Albany NY Charter |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$230 |
$450 |
1935-1939 |
Arkansas
Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$70 |
$400 |
1937 |
Battle of Antietam Anniversary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$480 |
$700 |
1936 |
Battle of Gettysburg Anniversary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$295 |
$900 |
1946-1951 |
Booker T. Washington Memorial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$16 |
$80 |
1936 |
Bridgeport CT Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$83 |
$345 |
1925 |
California Diamond Jubilee |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$150 |
$900 |
1935-1936 |
California Pacific International Exposition |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$73 |
$165 |
1936 |
Cincinnati Music Center |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$230 |
$750 |
1936 |
Cleveland
Centennial / Great Lakes Exposition |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$85 |
$240 |
1936 |
Columbia SC Sesquicentennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$180 |
$270 |
1935 |
Connecticut Tercentenary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$182 |
$600 |
1934-1938 |
Daniel Boone Bicentennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$80 |
$270 |
1936 |
Delaware Tercentenary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$190 |
$400 |
1936 |
Elgin IL Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$160 |
$265 |
1925 |
Fort Vancouver Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$242 |
$1,000 |
1951-1954 |
George Washington Carver / Booker T. Washington |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$17 |
$250 |
1922 |
Grant Memorial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$85 |
$11,800 |
1928 |
Hawaiian Sesquicentennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$1,225 |
$9,500 |
1935 |
Hudson NY Sesquicentennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$550 |
$1,650 |
1924 |
Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$90 |
$625 |
1918 |
Illinois
Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$105 |
$600 |
1946 |
Iowa Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$80 |
$120 |
1925 |
Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$62 |
$820 |
1936 |
Long Island Tercentenary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$65 |
$640 |
1936 |
Lynchburg VA Sesquicentennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$180 |
$380 |
1920 |
Maine Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$85 |
$500 |
1934 |
Maryland Tercentenary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$110 |
$400 |
1921 |
Missouri Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$262 |
$8,250 |
1923 |
Monroe Doctrine Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$36 |
$4,950 |
1938 |
New Rochelle NY 250th Anniversary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$270 |
$430 |
1936 |
Norfolk VA Bicentennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$330 |
$370 |
1935 |
Old Spanish Trail |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$925 |
$1,350 |
1926-1939 |
Oregon Trail Memorial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$115 |
$375 |
1915 |
Panama-Pacific Exposition |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$195 |
$2,800 |
1920-1921 |
Pilgrim
Tercentenary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$55 |
$675 |
1936 |
Providence RI Tercentenary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$70 |
$210 |
1937 |
Roanoke Island NC 350th Anniversary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$160 |
$205 |
1936 |
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Opening |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$115 |
$350 |
1926 |
Sesquicentennial of American Independence |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$48 |
$25,000 |
1925 |
Stone Mountain Memorial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$37 |
$275 |
1934-1938 |
Texas Independence Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$105 |
$270 |
1927 |
Vermont Sesquicentennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$190 |
$750 |
1936 |
Wisconsin Territorial Centennial |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$175 |
$245 |
1892-1893 |
World's Columbian Exposition |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$16 |
$850 |
1936 |
York County Maine Tercentenary |
Half Dollar |
Silver |
$160 |
$265 |
Silver Dollar Classic Commemorative
Coins
|
1900 |
Lafayette |
Dollar |
Silver |
$360 |
$16,000 |
Gold Dollar Classic Commemorative
Coins
|
1922 |
Grant Memorial |
Dollar |
Gold |
$1250 |
$2650 |
1904-1905 |
Lewis & Clark Exposition |
Dollar |
Gold |
$760 |
$18,500 |
1903 |
Louisiana Purchase Exposition |
Dollar |
Gold |
$450 |
$1,800 |
1916-1917 |
McKinley Memorial |
Dollar |
Gold |
$400 |
$2,400 |
1915 |
Panama-Pacific Exposition |
Dollar |
Gold |
$445 |
$1,750 |
Gold Quarter Eagle ($2.50) Classic
Commemorative Coins
|
1915 |
Panama-Pacific Exposition |
Quarter Eagle |
Gold |
$1,200 |
$5,800 |
1926 |
Sesquicentennial of American Independence |
Quarter Eagle |
Gold |
$329 |
$11,600 |
Gold Fifty-Dollar Classic
Commemorative Coins
|
1915 |
Panama-Pacific Exposition |
Fifty-Dollar |
Gold |
$36,500 |
$190,000 |
These prices fluctuate with the supply and demand on the market, and to a certain extent, the increase and
decrease of precious metal prices.
Listed in this order, you can see that the coins' values are not necessarily related to their face value or
their metal content.
For rare numismatic treasures such as these, their value is a mix of collector interest, coin characteristics,
quantity minted, their condition and their precious metal content.
Each of the classic commemorative coins relates to a bit of history both in the subject matter and in the US
Mint people who designed and minted the coins.
Click on Classic Commemorative Coins by Date or
Classic Commemorative Coins by Design
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