title: List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1950s)
text: # List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1950s)
  
  ## 1950
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50¢ | Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar | Booker T. Washington | Hall of Fame for Great Americans and a log cabin | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 5,000,000 (max 1946-1951 total) Uncirculated: 12,004 (P) 12,004 D 512,091 S | 1950 | | |
  
  ## 1951
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50¢ | Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar | Booker T. Washington | Hall of Fame for Great Americans and a log cabin | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 510,082 (P) 12,004 D 12,004 S | 1951 | | |
  | 50¢ | Carver-Washington half dollar | George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington | Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Authorized: 3,415,631 (max 1951–1954 total) Uncirculated: 110,018 (P) 10,004 D 10,004 S | 1951 | | |
  
  ## 1952
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50¢ | Carver-Washington half dollar | George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington | Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 2,006,292 (P) 8,006 D 8,006 S | 1952 | | |
  
  ## 1953
  
  ### Non-circulating coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available | Obverse | Reverse |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50¢ | Carver-Washington half dollar | George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington | Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 8,003 (P) 8,003 D 108,020 S | 1953 | | |
  
  ## 1954
  
  ### Non-circulated coins
  
  | Face value | Coin | Obverse design | Reverse design | Composition | Mintage | Available |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 50¢ | Carver-Washington half dollar | George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington | Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | Uncirculated: 12,006 (P) 12,006 D 122,024 S | 1954 |
  | 50¢ | Northampton, Massachusetts Tercentennial half dollar (vetoed) | Unknown | Unknown | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted (authorization of 1,000,000 was proposed) | Never available |
  | 50¢ | City of New York Tercentennial half dollar (vetoed) | Unknown | Unknown | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted (authorization of 5,000,000 was proposed) | Never available |
  | 50¢ | Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial half dollar (vetoed) | Unknown | Unknown | 90% Ag, 10% Cu | None authorized or minted (authorization of 2,500,000 was proposed) | Never available |
  