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Twenty Cent Piece

Twenty Cent Piece

A short-lived U.S. silver coin worth twenty cents, showing a seated Liberty and a soaring eagle, struck only from 1875 to 1878.

Twenty Cent
Turban Head Half Eagle

Turban Head Half Eagle

First U.S. gold $5 coin, 1795: Liberty in a soft cap facing right, with a heraldic shield-breasted eagle reverse struck in 22-karat gold.

Half Eagle
Walking Liberty Half Dollar

Walking Liberty Half Dollar

A classic U.S. silver half dollar struck 1916–1947, showing Liberty striding toward the sunrise on the obverse and a perched eagle on the reverse.

Half Dollar
Alabama Centennial Half Dollar

Alabama Centennial Half Dollar

A 1921 U.S. silver half dollar marking a century of Alabama statehood, with jugate governor busts and a state eagle; issued in plain and scarcer 2×2 varieties.

Classic Commemorative
Walking Liberty Half Dollar Centennial Gold

Walking Liberty Half Dollar Centennial Gold

A 2016-W gold collector coin marking the centennial of the 1916 Walking Liberty half dollar, struck in 1/2 oz of 24-karat gold at West Point.

Half Dollar
Capped Head Quarter Eagle

Capped Head Quarter Eagle

A rare early U.S. $2.50 gold coin struck 1821–1834, showing a left-facing capped Liberty head amid stars and a heraldic eagle with shield and E PLURIBUS UNUM.

United States
Capped Bust Quarter Eagle

Capped Bust Quarter Eagle

A one-year U.S. gold $2.50 piece struck only in 1808, with John Reich's capped Liberty obverse and a heraldic eagle reverse. A classic rarity.

Quarter Eagle
California Diamond Jubilee Half Dollar

California Diamond Jubilee Half Dollar

A 1925 U.S. silver commemorative half dollar marking California's 75th year of statehood, designed by Jo Mora with a gold miner and a grizzly bear.

Classic Commemorative
Bridgeport Centennial Half Dollar

Bridgeport Centennial Half Dollar

A 1936 U.S. silver commemorative half dollar for Bridgeport, Connecticut's centennial, with a P.T. Barnum portrait and a bold Art Deco eagle.

Classic Commemorative
Bill of Rights Silver Dollar

Bill of Rights Silver Dollar

A 1993 U.S. silver dollar honoring the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights, showing a Liberty figure with torch and flags and an eagle above Montpelier.

Modern Commemorative
Battle of Antietam Half Dollar

Battle of Antietam Half Dollar

A 1937 U.S. silver half dollar marking 75 years since the Civil War Battle of Antietam, with jugate busts of Lee and McClellan and Burnside Bridge on the reverse.

Classic Commemorative
Seated Liberty Dime

Seated Liberty Dime

A U.S. silver ten-cent coin showing Liberty seated with a pole and shield; the early No Stars type has a plain obverse and a laurel-wreath ONE DIME reverse.

Dime
Roosevelt Dime

Roosevelt Dime

The circulating U.S. ten-cent coin honoring Franklin D. Roosevelt, shown here as a 1965 copper-nickel clad issue with a torch, olive, and oak reverse.

Dime
Susan B. Anthony Dollar

Susan B. Anthony Dollar

U.S. small-size copper-nickel clad dollar coin (1979–1981, 1999) featuring suffragist Susan B. Anthony and an eagle landing on the moon.

Dollar
Seated Liberty Half Dollar

Seated Liberty Half Dollar

U.S. 90% silver fifty-cent piece struck 1839–1891, with a seated figure of Liberty by Christian Gobrecht and a heraldic eagle reverse.

Half Dollar
Seated Liberty Half Dime

Seated Liberty Half Dime

A tiny 90% silver five-cent piece showing Liberty seated with a shield and Liberty pole; the reverse wreath frames HALF DIME. First struck 1837.

Half Dime
Pennsylvania State Quarter

Pennsylvania State Quarter

1999 U.S. 25-cent piece, second in the 50 State Quarters series, showing the Commonwealth statue, state outline, and a keystone for Pennsylvania.

Quarter
Standing Liberty Quarter Centennial Gold

Standing Liberty Quarter Centennial Gold

A 2016 U.S. quarter-dollar struck in 1/4 oz of .9999 fine gold, reviving Hermon MacNeil's Standing Liberty design for its 100th anniversary.

Quarter
Gobrecht Dollar

Gobrecht Dollar

U.S. silver dollar of 1836 by engraver Christian Gobrecht, pairing a Seated Liberty obverse with a flying-eagle reverse; a rare pattern-era issue.

Dollar
Liberty Head Nickel

Liberty Head Nickel

U.S. five-cent piece struck 1883–1912, showing a left-facing Liberty head ringed by stars, with a Roman-numeral "V" reverse; the 1913 issue is a legendary rarity.

Nickel Five Cent
Hawaii State Quarter

Hawaii State Quarter

The 2008 Hawaii State Quarter, final coin in the 50 State Quarters series, showing King Kamehameha I reaching over the islands.

Quarter
Kennedy Half Dollar

Kennedy Half Dollar

U.S. fifty-cent piece introduced in 1964 to honor President John F. Kennedy; the first-year 1964 coins were struck in 90% silver.

United States
Indian Head Gold Dollar

Indian Head Gold Dollar

Tiny U.S. one-dollar gold coin (1854–1889) with an Indian-princess Liberty in a feathered headdress and a denomination-and-date wreath reverse.

Gold Dollar
Kennedy Half Dollar Bicentennial

Kennedy Half Dollar Bicentennial

U.S. fifty-cent piece issued for the 1976 Bicentennial, pairing the Kennedy portrait with a Liberty Bell reverse and the dual date 1776-1976.

Half Dollar