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1950

Traditional commemorative coins

Commemoration	Coin	Face value	Images		Description					Mintage
			Obverse	Reverse	Obverse design	Reverse design	Edge	Diameter	Composition
Booker T. Washington	Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar	50¢			Portrait of Booker T. Washington	Hall of Fame for Great Americans and a log cabin	Reeded	30.61 mm	90% Ag 10% Cu	Authorized: 5,000,000 (max 1946-1951 total) Uncirculated: 12,004 (P) 12,004 D 512,091 S

1951

Traditional commemorative coins

Commemoration	Coin	Face value	Images		Description					Mintage
			Obverse	Reverse	Obverse design	Reverse design	Edge	Diameter	Composition
Booker T. Washington	Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar	50¢			Portrait of Booker T. Washington	Hall of Fame for Great Americans and a log cabin	Reeded	30.61 mm	90% Ag 10% Cu	Uncirculated: 510,082 (P) 12,004 D 12,004 S
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver	Carver-Washington half dollar	50¢			Conjoined busts of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington	Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted)	Reeded	30.61 mm	90% Ag 10% Cu	Authorized: 3,415,631 (max 1951–1954 total) Uncirculated: 110,018 (P) 10,004 D 10,004 S

1952

Traditional commemorative coins

Commemoration	Coin	Face value	Images		Description					Mintage
			Obverse	Reverse	Obverse design	Reverse design	Edge	Diameter	Composition
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver	Carver-Washington half dollar	50¢			Conjoined busts of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington	Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted)	Reeded	30.61 mm	90% Ag 10% Cu	Uncirculated: 2,006,292 (P) 8,006 D 8,006 S

1953

Traditional commemorative coins

Commemoration	Coin	Face value	Images		Description					Mintage
			Obverse	Reverse	Obverse design	Reverse design	Edge	Diameter	Composition
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver	Carver-Washington half dollar	50¢			Conjoined busts of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington	Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted)	Reeded	30.61 mm	90% Ag 10% Cu	Uncirculated: 8,003 (P) 8,003 D 108,020 S

1954

Traditional commemorative coins

Commemoration	Coin	Face value	Images		Description					Mintage
			Obverse	Reverse	Obverse design	Reverse design	Edge	Diameter	Composition
Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver	Carver-Washington half dollar	50¢			Conjoined busts of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington	Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted)	Reeded	30.61 mm	90% Ag 10% Cu	Uncirculated: 12,006 (P) 12,006 D 122,024 S
Tercentenary of the city of Northampton, Massachusetts	Northampton, Massachusetts Tercentennial half dollar (proposal vetoed, was to be dated 1953)	50¢			N/A	N/A	Reeded (planned)	30.61 mm (planned)	90% Ag 10% Cu (planned)	None authorized or minted (authorization of 1,000,000 was proposed)
Tercentennial of New York City, New York	City of New York Tercentennial half dollar (proposal vetoed)	50¢			N/A	N/A	Reeded (planned)	30.61 mm (planned)	90% Ag 10% Cu (planned)	None authorized or minted (authorization of 5,000,000 was proposed)
Sesquicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase	Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar (proposal vetoed)	50¢			N/A	N/A	Reeded (planned)	30.61 mm (planned)	90% Ag 10% Cu (planned)	None authorized or minted (authorization of 2,500,000 was proposed)

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Category:Commemorative coins of the United States