Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ |
Gadsden Purchase half dollar
(vetoed) |
James Gadsden [1] | Map of New Mexico, Arizona, and El Paso [1] | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted | Never available |
Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ |
George Washington Bicentennial half dollar
[2]
(vetoed) [Note 1] |
George Washington | Unknown | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted | Never available |
Denomination | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Mintage | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25¢ | Washington quarter [Note 2] | George Washington | Eagle | Circulation: [3] | ||
50¢ | George Washington Bicentennial half dollar
[2]
(cancelled) [Note 3] |
George Washington | Unknown | None |
Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar | Native American standing in front of a US map | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
6,000,000 (max 1926–1939 total) Uncirculated: |
1933 |
Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar | Native American standing in front of a US map | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
7,006 D [5] |
1934 | ||
50¢ | Maryland Tercentenary half dollar | Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | Arms of Maryland | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: |
1934 | ||
50¢ | Texas Centennial half dollar | Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
1,500,000 (max 1934–1938 total) Uncirculated: 205,113 (P) [7] |
1934 | ||
50¢ | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar | Daniel Boone | Frontiersman facing a Native American | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
600,000 (max 1934–1938 total) Uncirculated: 10,007 (P) [8] |
1934 |
Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ | Texas Centennial half dollar | Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: | 1935 | ||
50¢ | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar | Daniel Boone | Frontiersman facing a Native American | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
10,010 (P) |
1935 | ||
50¢ | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar
(1934 on reverse) |
Daniel Boone | Frontiersman facing a Native American, "1934" in field | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Pattern:
[11]
1 S (copper) Uncirculated: 10,008 (P) |
1935 | ||
50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
500,000 (max 1935–1939 total) Uncirculated: 13,012 (P) |
1935 | ||
50¢ | California Pacific International Exposition half dollar | Minerva and other elements of the Seal of California | California Tower and Chapel of St. Francis, Balboa Park, San Diego | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
250,000 (max 1935–1936 total) Uncirculated: 250,132 S [13] |
1935 | ||
50¢ | Connecticut Tercentenary half dollar | Charter Oak | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,018 (P) [14] |
1935 | ||
50¢ | Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollar | The Half Moon | Seal of the city of Hudson | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
10,000 (max) Uncirculated: 10,008 (P) [15] |
1935 | ||
50¢ | Old Spanish Trail half dollar | The head of a cow | Yucca plant superimposed on map of the Gulf Coast states | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
10,000 (max) Uncirculated: 10,008 (P) [16] |
1935 |
Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar | Native American standing in front of a US map | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
10,006 (P) |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Texas Centennial half dollar | Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
10,008 (P) |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar | Daniel Boone | Frontiersman facing a Native American, "1934" in field | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
12,012 (P) |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
10,010 (P) |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Arkansas-Robinson half dollar | Joseph T. Robinson | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: 25,265 (P) [21] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | California Pacific International Exposition half dollar | Minerva and other elements of the Seal of California | California Tower and Chapel of St. Francis, Balboa Park, San Diego | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
180,092 D [22] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Cleveland Centennial half dollar | Moses Cleaveland | Map of the Great Lakes with cities marked by stars and with a compass point marking Cleveland | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: 50,030 (P) [23] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar | Arm holding pickax with a pile of rocks | Badger, three arrows, and an olive branch | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: 25,015 (P) [24] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Long Island Tercentenary half dollar | Native American and Dutch settler | Dutch sailing vessel | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
100,000 (max) Uncirculated: 100,053 (P) [25] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | York County, Maine Tercentenary half dollar | Brown's Garrison | York County Seal | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
30,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,015 (P) [26] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Bridgeport, Connecticut, Centennial half dollar | P.T. Barnum | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: 25,015 (P) [27] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Lynchburg Sesquicentennial half dollar | Bust of Carter Glass | Liberty | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
20,000 (min) Uncirculated: 20,013 (P) [28] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Elgin, Illinois, Centennial half dollar | Bust of a pioneer | Pioneer family | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,015 (P) [29] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Albany Charter half dollar | Beaver | Thomas Dongan, Pieter Schuyler, and Robert Livingston | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,013 (P) [30] |
1936 | ||
50¢ | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar | Grizzly Bear | San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
200,000 (max) Uncirculated: 100,055 (P) [31] |
1936–37 [32] | ||
50¢ | Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar | Roger Williams meeting a Native American | Anchor; adaptation of the Seal of Rhode Island | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: 20,013 (P) |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar | Bust of Stephen Foster | Allegorical figure with lyre | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
15,000 (max) Uncirculated: 5,005 (P) |
1936 | ||
50¢ | Columbia, South Carolina Sesquicentennial half dollar | Justice holding a sword and scales | Palmetto tree | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: 9,007 (P) |
1936 |
Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar | Native American standing in front of a US map | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
12,008 D [36] |
1937 | ||
50¢ | Texas Centennial half dollar | Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
8,005 (P) |
1937 | ||
50¢ | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar | Daniel Boone | Frontiersman facing a Native American, "1934" in field | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
15,010 (P) |
1937 | ||
50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
5,505 (P) |
1937 | ||
50¢ | Norfolk, Virginia, Bicentennial half dollar (dated 1936) | City seal of Norfolk, Virginia | Norfolk's ceremonial mace | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,013 (P) [40] |
1937 | ||
50¢ | Delaware Tercentenary half dollar (dated 1936) | Old Swedes Church | Kalmar Nyckel | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: 25,015 (P) [41] |
1937 | ||
50¢ | Battle of Gettysburg half dollar (dated 1936) | Union and Confederate soldiers | Union and Confederate shields separated by a fasces | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: 50,028 (P) [42] |
1937 | ||
50¢ | Roanoke Island, North Carolina half dollar | Walter Raleigh | Ellinore Dare holding her child, Virginia Dare | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (min) Uncirculated: 50,030 (P) [43] |
1937 | ||
50¢ | Battle of Antietam half dollar | George B. McClellan and Robert E. Lee | Burnside's Bridge | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
50,000 (max) Uncirculated: 50,028 (P) [44] |
1937 | ||
50¢ | New Rochelle 250th Anniversary half dollar (dated 1938) | Sir John Pell and "Fatte Calfe" | Fleur de lis | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized:
25,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,015 (P) [45] |
1938 |
Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar | Native American standing in front of a US map | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
6,006 (P) |
1938 | ||
50¢ | Texas Centennial half dollar | Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas | Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
5,005 (P) |
1938 | ||
50¢ | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar | Daniel Boone | Frontiersman facing a Native American, "1934" in field | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
5,005 (P) |
1938 | ||
50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
3,156 (P) |
1938 | ||
50¢ |
Coronado Expedition half dollar
(vetoed) |
Unknown | Unknown | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted | Never available |
Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50¢ | Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar | Native American standing in front of a US map | Ox-drawn covered wagon being led west toward the setting Sun | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
3,004 (P) |
1939 | ||
50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated:
2,104 (P) |
1939 |