Commemorative Coins of the United States

Appendix II: Index of Subjects on American Commemorative Coinage, 1848-1991
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Olympic Games (1988) 1988 Olympic silver dollar, 1988 Olympic $5.
United Services Organization 1991 United Services Organization silver dollar
Oregon Trail Memorial 1926-1939 Oregon Trail half dollar.
Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain (motto) 1946 Iowa Centennial half dollar.
owl (sacred to Minerva) 1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition $50.

ox (pulling Conestoga wagon) 1926-1939 Oregon Trail half dollar.
palm tree 1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial half dollar.
palmetto tree 1936 Columbia half dollar.
Panama-Pacific International Exposition 1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition half dollar, gold dollar, $2.50, and $50.
Paris (France) 1900 Lafayette silver dollar.
peace pipe 1921 Missouri Centennial half dollar.
Pell, John 1938 New Rochelle half dollar.
pen (quill) 1923-S Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar; 1987 Constitution Bicentennial silver dollar, 1987 U.S. Constitution $5.
Pennsylvania, Gettysburg 1936 Gettysburg half dollar; 1990 Eisenhower silver dollar.
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence half dollar and $2.50.
pickaxe 1935-1936 California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego) half dollar, 1936 Wisconsin Territorial Centennial half dollar.
Pilgrim 1920-1921 Pilgrim half dollar.
Pilgrim Tercentenary Celebration 1920-1921 Pilgrim half dollar.
pine (branch) 1915-5 Panama-Pacific International Exposition $50, 1920 Maine Centennial half dollar; (cone) 1915-5 Panama-Pacific International Exposition $50, 1936 Albany half dollar; (tree) 1920 Maine Centennial half dollar, 1936 Albany half dollar, 1937 Roanoke half dollar, York County (Maine) Tercentenary half dollar.
pioneer 1921 Missouri half dollar; 1926-1939 Oregon Trail half dollar; 1934-1939 Boone half dollar; 1936 Elgin Centennial half dollar; (early Dutch settler) 1936 Long Island Tercentenary half dollar.
Pioneer Memorial 1936 Elgin Centennial half dollar.
plow 1925 Lexington-Concord Sesquicentennial half dollar, 1936 Norfolk Bicentennial half dollar.
Portland, Oregon 1904-1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar. powder horn 1921 Missouri Centennial half dollar.
Providence, Rhode Island 1936 Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar (not specifically mentioned on coin)
Raleigh, Sir Walter 1937 Roanoke half dollar.
rays (emanating from cloud) 1989 Congress bicentennial silver dollar; (emanating from behind shield) 1991 Mount Rushmore silver dollar.
Rhode Island, Providence 1936 Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar (not specifically mentioned on coin).
Rhode Island Tercentenary 1936 Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar.
Roanoke, North Carolina 1937 Roanoke half dollar.
Robinson, Sen. Joseph T. 1936 Robinson-Arkansas half dollar.
Rochester, New York Indicated by a star on a map of the Great Lakes on the 1936 Cleveland Centennial half dollar.
Roosevelt, Theodore (U.S. president) 1991 Mount Rushmore half dollar, silver dollar, and $5.
Royal Mace of Norfolk 1936 Norfolk Bicentennial half dollar. runners (Olympic athletes) 1984 Olympic $10.
Sabrejet (F-86 fighter airplane) 1991 Korean War silver dollar sailor 1920 Maine Centennial half dollar.
San Diego, California 1935-1936 California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego) half dollar.
San Francisco, California 1915-5 Panama-Pacific half dollar, gold dollar, $2.50, and $50; 1936-5 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 1936-5 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar.

Santa Maria (Christopher Columbus' flagship) 1892-1893 Columbian half dollar.
scallop shell 1936 Norfolk Bicentennial half dollar.
Schuyler, Peter 1936 Albany half dollar.
scroll 1923-S Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar.
scythe 1920 Maine Centennial half dollar.
Sedalia, Missouri 1921 Missouri Centennial half dollar.
Sesquicentennial Exposition 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence half dollar and $2.50.
shield (part of Maryland State Seal) 1934 Maryland Tercentenary half dollar; (surmounted by perched eagle) 1915-S Panama-Pacific International Exposition half dollar, 1991-W Congress Bicentennial $5, 1918 Illinois Centennial half dollar; (part of California state emblem) 1935-1936 California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego) half dollar; (Union and Confederate) 1936 Gettysburg half dollar; (Maine state emblem) 1936 York County Tercentenary half dollar; (part of heraldic eagle motif) 1982 George Washington half dollar, 1984 Olympic $10, 1991 Mount Rushmore silver dollar.
ship (Half Moon) 1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial half dollar; (Kalmar Nyckel) 1936 Delaware Tercentenary half dollar; (Mayflower) 1920-1921 Pilgrim half dollar; (Nieuw Nederland) 1924 Huguenot-Walloon half dollar; (Santa Maria) 1892-1893 Columbian half dollar, (steamship) 1936-S San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar, 1986 Statue of Liberty half dollar; (sailing ship) 1935-1936 California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego) half dollar, 1936 Long Island Tercentenary half dollar, 1936 Norfolk Bicentennial half dollar, 1937 Roanoke half dollar; (ships of war) 1991 Korean War silver dollar.
Shrine of Democracy (inscription) 1991 Mount Rushmore silver dollar.

slavery (slave cabin depicted) 1946-1951 Booker T. Washington half dollar.
soldier (Confederate) 1925 Stone Mountain half dollar, 1936 Gettysburg half dollar, 1937 Antietam half dollar; (Union) 1936 Gettysburg half dollar, 1937 Antietam half dollar; (U.S.A.) 1991 Korean War silver dollar
South America and North America (allegorical representation of) 1923-S Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar.
South Carolina, Columbia 1936 Columbia half dollar.
South Dakota 1991 Mount Rushmore half dollar, silver dollar, and $5.
South Korea (map of) 1991 Korean War silver dollar
spear 1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial half dollar, 1935-1936 California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego) half dollar.
spindle 1893 Isabella quarter dollar.
State House (of South Carolina) 1936 Columbia half dollar.
State of California buildings 1935-1936 California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego) half dollar.
State Sovereignty, National Union (motto) 1918 Illinois Centennial half dollar.

Statue of Freedom 1989 Congress Bicentennial half dollar and silver dollar. Statue of Liberty 1986 Statue of Liberty half dollar, silver dollar, and $5.
stockade 1925 Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar; (Brown's Garrison, Saco, Maine) York County (Maine) Tercentenary half dollar.

Appendix II: Index of Subjects on American Commemorative Coinage, 1848-1991
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