United States Mint Commemorative Coins
Authorized by Public Law 116-65, the 2021 Christa McAuliffe silver dollar was issued to honor McAuliffe and six astronauts who perished 35 years ago when the Space Shuttle Challenger tragically exploded after launch. McAuliffe was a former social studies teacher who was selected in 1985 to be the first member of NASA’s Teacher in Space […]
The 2022 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor $5 gold coin, whose design complements that of the silver dollar and half dollar, features an obverse with a design of the medal hanging from a ribbon designed by Chief Engraver Joseph Menna and sculpted by Donna Weaver, while the reverse has a facsimile of the signature […]
The third part of the 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball commemorative coin program issued to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the league in 1920 was the clad half dollar issued in uncirculated and Proof versions. The obverse of this coin is dominate by a large image of a player at bat while below him […]
The Basketball Hall of Fame Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) was issued in four different versions. In addition to the standard uncirculated and Proof coins, there was a colorized Proof and an enhanced uncirculated – the later only being available in the Basketball Hall of fame kids set. Each half dollar had a $5 surcharge […]
On March 8 the copper-nickel or clad half dollar in the 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness commemorative coin program was launched along with the silver dollar and $5 gold coin. From then until April 16, it was priced at $25.95 for the uncirculated version and $27.95 for the Proof example. After that the price of each […]