1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition Fifty Dollars
Ever since Balboa first gazed upon the Pacific Ocean in 1513, Europeans had dreamed and schemed of ways to connect the Gulf of Mexico...
United States 1926 American Independence Sesquicentennial Commemorative Quarter Eagle
Americans of the 1920s seemed so preoccupied with enjoying the present that celebrating the past was destined to take a back seat. Even so,...
1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition Quarter Eagle
The Panama Canal, or “Big Ditch,” as it has often been called, was constructed with a blend of sheer ingenuity and painstaking attention...
1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition Gold Dollar
The Panama Canal ranks among the greatest man-made marvels in the world—a 51-mile-long system of natural lakes, excavated channels and locks that...
1916-17 McKinley Memorial Gold Dollar
Judging solely by the number of times his portrait has appeared on coins and currency, William McKinley is one of the most highly...
United States 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Gold Dollar
When the United States formally took possession of the Louisiana Territory on December 20, 1803, effectively doubling the size of the country, Napoleon was...
1904-05 Lewis & Clark Exposition Gold Dollar
When President Thomas Jefferson asked Congress in January, 1803, to appropriate $2500 for an exploratory expedition into the Pacific Northwest, negotiations to...
United States 1922 Grant Centennial Commemorative Gold Dollar
If one commemorative coin is good, then two coins are twice as good--or so the reasoning goes with these often exploited issues. The Grant...
Coin Profiles – 1900 Lafayette Memorial Silver Dollar
Editors' Note: CoinWeek posted a multi-part article by David Provost on the 1900 Lafayette Dollar. Part I can be read here ....... and Part...
1936 York County Tercentenary Half Dollar
Among the numerous complaints voiced over the proliferation of commemorative coins during the 1930s, one of the most frequent was that these...
1936 Wisconsin Centennial Half Dollar
When collectors are asked to identify their favorite U.S. commemorative coins, the answers given frequently include titles such as Oregon Trail, Panama-Pacific,...
1951-54 Washington & Carver Half Dollar
Some of the most notorious of United States commemorative coin programs began with the best of intentions, and that appears to have ...
1927 Vermont/Battle of Bennington Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
To tourists, the state of Vermont is known primarily for its rich maple syrup and great wintertime skiing. To urban Northeasterners it is...
1925 Fort Vancouver Centennial Half Dollar
In 1778, when George Vancouver sailed under Captain Cook on his exploration of the Sandwich Islands, he was well into his career as...
1934-38 Texas Centennial Half Dollar
"Remember the Alamo!” was the cry that spurred Texans on to ultimately defeat Mexico’s army and claim their independence as a republic....
1925 Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollar
One of the more common U. S. commemorative coins, the Stone Mountain half dollar was a by-product of a much larger undertaking—the ...
1935 Old Spanish Trail Memorial Half Dollar
By the mid-1930s, U.S. commemorative coins were nothing new: in fact, the proliferation of issues was beginning to be viewed with disdain...
1926 American Independence Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
By 1926, the frenzied Roaring Twenties was in a full-throated roar. God was in His heaven, Calvin Coolidge was in the White House,...
1935-36 California-Pacific Exposition ‘San Diego’ Half Dollar
Popularly known as the San Diego half dollar, this issue commemorates not that city but the exposition held there during the years...
1936 Arkansas-Robinson Half Dollar
The 100th anniversary of Arkansas’ statehood called for a number of celebrations, the grandest of which was scheduled for 1936 at the ...
1937 Roanoke Colony Half Dollar
The story of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island is a sobering reminder of how risky a journey to the New World was in...
1936 Rhode Island Tercentenary Half Dollar
Though America’s smallest state, Rhode Island nevertheless managed to obtain a commemorative coin of its own in 1936. This type marked the ...
1920-21 Pilgrim Tercentenary Half Dollar
Commemorative coins were still something of a novelty in 1920 when Congress authorized the coining of half dollars to celebrate the three-hundredth...
1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition Half Dollar
Today, more than 80 years after the Panama Canal was completed, it remains one of the engineering marvels of the modern age. It took...
1926-39 Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar
For at least a decade before the California gold rush of 1849, there was a growing migration of settlers to the West. Most...
1936 Norfolk Bicentennial Half Dollar
In recent years, complaints that Congress is too careless in authorizing commemorative coin issues are frequently heard. It’s been said that too...
1923-S Monroe Doctrine Centennial Half Dollar
The commemorative coinage of the United States is replete with issues celebrating everything from the mundane to the monumental. Often, many events...
1921 Missouri Centennial Half Dollar
Although the legendary folk-hero and “Wilderness Trail” blazer Daniel Boone is often connected with Kentucky, it was present-day Missouri that he called...
1934 Maryland Tercentenary Half Dollar
After the dry spell of 1929-33, in which no new commemorative coin types were issued by the United States Mint, the Maryland half...
1920 Maine Centennial Half Dollar
"As Maine goes, so goes the nation.” This old political adage refers to Maine voters’ nearly perfect record in predicting the outcome ...