# List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1930s)
## 1930
### Non-circulating coins

| Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
| 50¢ | Gadsden Purchase half dollar (vetoed) | James Gadsden | Map of New Mexico, Arizona, and El Paso | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted | Never available | | |

## 1932
### Non-circulating coins

| Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
| 50¢ | George Washington Bicentennial half dollar (vetoed) | George Washington | Unknown | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted | Never available | | |

### Circulating coins

| Denomination | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Mintage | Obverse | Reverse |
| 25¢ | Washington quarter | George Washington | Eagle | Circulation: 5,404,000 (P) 436,800 D 408,000 S | | |
| 50¢ | George Washington Bicentennial half dollar (cancelled) | George Washington | Unknown | None | | |

## 1933
### Non-circulating coins

| 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: 5,008 D | 1933 | | |

## 1934
### Non-circulating coins

| Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available |
| 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 | 1934 |
| 50¢ | Maryland Tercentenary half dollar | Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | Arms of Maryland | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 25,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,015 (P) | 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) | 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) | 1934 |

## 1935
### Non-circulating coins

| Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available |
| 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) 10,007 D 10,008 S | 1935 |
| 50¢ | Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar | Daniel Boone | Frontiersman facing a Native American | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 10,010 (P) 5,005 D 5,005 S | 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: 1 S (copper) Uncirculated: 10,008 (P) 2,003 D 2,004 S | 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) 5,505 D 5,506 S | 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 | 1935 |
| 50¢ | Connecticut Tercentenary half dollar | Charter Oak | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 25,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,018 (P) | 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) | 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) | 1935 |

## 1936
### Non-circulating coins

| Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available |
| 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) 5,006 S | 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) 10,007 D 10,008 S | 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) 5,005 D 5,006 S | 1936 |
| 50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 10,010 (P) 10,010 D 10,012 S | 1936 |
| 50¢ | Arkansas-Robinson half dollar | Joseph T. Robinson | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 25,000 (min) 50,000 (max) Uncirculated: 25,265 (P) | 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 | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 1936 |
| 50¢ | Bridgeport, Connecticut, Centennial half dollar | P.T. Barnum | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 25,000 (min) Uncirculated: 25,015 (P) | 1936 |
| 50¢ | Lynchburg Sesquicentennial half dollar | Bust of Carter Glass | Liberty | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 20,000 (min) Uncirculated: 20,013 (P) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 1936–37 |
| 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) 15,010 D 15,011 S | 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) 5,005 D 5,006 S | 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) 8,009 D 8,007 S | 1936 |

## 1937
### Non-circulating coins

| Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available |
| 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 | 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) 8,006 D 8,007 S | 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) 7,506 D 5,006 S | 1937 |
| 50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 5,505 (P) 5,505 D 5,506 S | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 1938 |

## 1938
### Non-circulating coins

| Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available |
| 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) 6,005 D 6,006 S | 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) 5,005 D 5,006 S | 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) 5,005 D 5,006 S | 1938 |
| 50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 3,156 (P) 3,155 D 3,156 S | 1938 |
| 50¢ | Coronado Expedition half dollar (vetoed) | Unknown | Unknown | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted | Never available |

## 1939
### Non-circulating coins

| 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) 3,004 D 3,005 S | 1939 | | |
| 50¢ | Arkansas Centennial half dollar | Native American and Liberty | Eagle | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 2,104 (P) 2,104 D 2,105 S | 1939 | | |