title: List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1980s)
text: # List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1980s)
  
  ## 1980
  
  ### Medals
  
  | Medal | Obverse design | Reverse design | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Grant Wood American Arts medal | Grant Wood | American Gothic | Uncirculated: 500,000 (W) | 1980 | | |
  | Marian Anderson American Arts medal | Marian Anderson | Hands holding a globe | Uncirculated: 1,000,000 (W) | 1980 | | |
  
  ## 1981
  
  ### Medals
  
  | Medal | Obverse design | Reverse design | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mark Twain American Arts medal | Mark Twain | Steamboat on the Mississippi River | Uncirculated: 141,000 (W) | 1981 | | |
  | Willa Cather American Arts medal | Willa Cather | Woman plowing a field | Uncirculated: 200,000 (W) | 1981 | | |
  
  ## 1982
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50¢ | George Washington 250th Anniversary half dollar | George Washington riding a horse | Mount Vernon with eagle | Ag 90%, Cu 10% | Authorized: 10,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 2,210,458 D Proof: 4,894,044 S | 1982 – 1985 | | |
  
  ### Medals
  
  | Medal | Obverse design | Reverse design | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Louis Armstrong American Arts medal | Louis Armstrong | Trumpet | Uncirculated: 420,000 (W) | 1982 | | |
  | Frank Lloyd Wright American Arts medal | Frank Lloyd Wright | Fallingwater | Uncirculated: 360,000 (W) | 1982 | | |
  
  ## 1983
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | $1 | 1984 Summer Olympics dollar | The Discobolus of Myron | Head of an eagle | Ag 90%, Cu 10% | Authorized: 50,000,000 (max 1983–1984 total) Uncirculated: 294,543 P 174,014 D 174,014 S Proof: 1,577,025 S | 1983 – 1984 | | |
  
  ### Medals
  
  | Medal | Obverse design | Reverse design | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert Frost American Arts medal | Robert Frost | Three lines from Frost's poem, The Road Not Taken | Uncirculated: 500,000 (W) | 1983 | | |
  | Alexander Calder American Arts medal | Alexander Calder | Kinetic sculpture | Uncirculated: 410,000 (W) | 1983 | | |
  
  ## 1984
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | $1 | 1984 Summer Olympics dollar | The pair of life-sized bronze nude statues of male and female athletes atop Olympic Gateway in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | Eagle | Ag 90%, Cu 10% | Uncirculated: 217,954 P 116,675 D 116,675 S Proof: 1,801,210 S | 1984 | | |
  | $10 | 1984 Summer Olympics eagle | Olympic torch runners | Eagle clutching an olive branch in its right claw and arrows in its left claw | Au 90%, Ag 6%, Cu 4% | Authorized: 2,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 75,886 W Proof: 33,309 P 34,533 D 48,551 S 381,085 W | 1984 | | |
  
  ### Medals
  
  | Medal | Obverse design | Reverse design | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Helen Hayes American Arts medal | Helen Hayes | Ribbon surrounding the words "First Lady of the Stage" | Uncirculated: 35,000 (W) | 1984 | | |
  | John Steinbeck American Arts medal | John Steinbeck | Farm scene | Uncirculated: 35,000 (W) | 1984 | | |
  
  ## 1986
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50¢ | Statue of Liberty half dollar | Side view of Liberty and back view of immigrant ship steaming into New York harbor | Immigrant family with their belongings on the threshold of America | Cu 92%, Ni 8% | Authorized: 25,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 928,008 D Proof: 6,925,627 S | 1986 |
  | $1 | Statue of Liberty dollar | Liberty with the Ellis Island Immigration Center in the background | Liberty's torch with inscriptions | Ag 90%, Cu 10% | Authorized: 10,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 723,635 P Proof: 6,414638 S | 1986 |
  | $5 | Statue of Liberty half eagle | Close up of the Statue of Liberty | An eagle in flight | Au 90%, Ag 6%, Cu 4% | Authorized: 500,000 (max) Uncirculated: 95,248 W Proof: 404,013 W | 1986 |
  
  ## 1987
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | $1 | United States Constitution Bicentennial dollar | A sheaf of parchments, a quill pen, and the words "We the People" | Human figures representing the cultural and social diversity of America | Ag 90%, Cu 10% | Authorized: 10,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 451,629 P Proof: 2,747,116 S | 1987 | | |
  | $5 | United States Constitution Bicentennial half eagle | Eagle holding a quill pen | The words "We the People" and a quill pen | Au 90%, Ag 6%, Cu 4% | Authorized: 1,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 214,225 W Proof: 651,659 W | 1987 | | |
  
  ## 1988
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | $1 | 1988 Summer Olympics dollar | The torches of Lady Liberty and the Olympics merging into one flame | US Olympic Committee logo | Ag 90%, Cu 10% | Authorized: 10,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 191,368 D Proof: 1,359,366 S | 1988 | | |
  | $5 | 1988 Summer Olympics half eagle | Nike | Olympic flame | Au 90%, Ag 6%, Cu 4% | Authorized: 1,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 62,913 W Proof: 281,456 W | 1988 | | |
  
  ## 1989
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50¢ | U.S. Congress Bicentennial half dollar | Bust of the Statue of Freedom | Capitol Building | Cu 92%, Ni 8% | Authorized: 4,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 163,753 D Proof: 762,198 S | 1989 |
  | $1 | U.S. Congress Bicentennial dollar | Statue of Freedom | Mace of the House of Representatives | Ag 90%, Cu 10% | Authorized: 3,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 135,203 D Proof: 762,198 S | 1989 |
  | $5 | U.S. Congress Bicentennial half eagle | The Capital Dome | Eagle from the canopy of the Old Senate Chamber | Au 90%, Ag 6%, Cu 4% | Authorized: 1,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 46,899 W Proof: 164,690 W | 1989 |
  