By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….
The Basic period of United States Commemorative Cash noticed the discharge of fifty silver and 13 gold sorts, for a complete of 157 cash counting mintmarked examples and multi-year points. Nevertheless, Congress didn’t assist each proposal. The next listing lays out a number of commemorative coin applications that weren’t signed into legislation through the basic commemorative period by way of the Sixties.
Failed Basic Commemorative Coin Proposals, 1907-1938
- Jamestown Tercentenary $2 Silver Coin (1907 – Proposed by Farran Zerbe.)
- Stephen Foster (1929-30 – Rejected on the grounds that commemorative cash ought to commemorate occasions and never people. Foster was later celebrated on the obverse of the Cincinnati Half Greenback.)
- seventy fifth Anniversary of the Gadsden Buy (1930 – Promoted by L.W. Hoffecker. Laws (H.R. 2029) vetoed by President Hoover.)
- Lewis and Clark Expedition one hundred and twenty fifth Anniversary (1930 – Sponsored by Lewis and Clark Memorial Affiliation, Inc. Open-ended invoice (H.R. 4192) may have allowed for multi-year placing of the commemorative. Withdrawn after Hoover vetoed Gadsden.)
- Yorktown Sesquicentennial (1930 – Launched by Consultant Roy Fitzgerald (R-OH3) on January 21, 1930.)
- Centennial of the Waiilatpu Mission in Walla Walla Valley, Washington (1936 – Legislation handed after altering half greenback to medal. The fee requesting the coin selected to not produce the approved medal, citing low curiosity.)
- fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania (1936)
- “Heroes of the Alamo”
- Development of the Fort Peck Dam (Would have honored an earthwork development on an American coin over 80 years earlier than the 2017 Effigy Mounds Nationwide Monument America the Stunning Quarter.)
- Founding of the Worldwide Peace Backyard (1936 – Not more than 50,000 to be struck in 1936 and not more than 50,000 to be struck in 1937.)
- four-hundredth Anniversary of the Expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1936)
- Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz (1936 – 25,000 cash to be struck “on the mints”.)
- a hundred and sixtieth Anniversary of Washington’s Arrival at Morristown (1936 – 10,000 cash.)
- Centennial of Michigan’s Statehood (1936 – 5,000 cash.)
- Opening of the Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (1936 – This invoice failed, whereas the San Francisco Bay Bridge invoice launched earlier within the 12 months by Senator Hiram Johnson (R-CA) handed.
- New York World’s Truthful / a hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the Inauguration of the First President of america and the Institution of the Federal Authorities within the Metropolis of New York (1936)
- Tri-State (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas) Half Greenback (1936 – H.R. 8107 reported to the Home of Representatives on February 27, passing on April 20.)
- one centesimal Anniversary of the Altering of the Identify of Sawpit to Village of Port Chester, New York (1937)
- 300-Yr Anniversary of the Founding of Hartford, Connecticut (1937 – 25,000 cash.)
- a hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the Structure (1937 – Written by J. Tyson McGill (ANA #5001) and launched in Congress by New York Consultant Marcellus H. Evans (D-NY5). The invoice (H.R. 12443) referred to as for a limiteless greenback coinage to carry it into circulation. It additionally referred to as for the cessation of any additional commemorative cash through the 12 months.)
- West Virginia Half Greenback (1938)
The Forties
- four-hundredth Anniversary of the Journey and Explorations of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (1940 – No more than 100,000 silver half {dollars}.)
- Will Rogers (1946 – Tabled by the Committee of Banking and Forex.)
- a hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the Commencement of Sylvanus Thayer from the U.S. Navy Academy (1948 – H.R. 13166, launched by Rep. Katharine St. George (R-NY27.)
- fiftieth Anniversary of the Termination of the Conflict with Spain (1948 – H.J. Res 333, eightieth Congress. Learn twice and referred to the Committee on Banking on Forex. Revealed in Report 1720. Submitted by Michigan Consultant Jesse Wolcott (R-MI7). Known as for the placing of 250,000 half greenback cash.)
The Nineteen Fifties
- Theodore Roosevelt Commemorative Half Greenback (1958 – S. 3299, reintroduced by North Dakota Senators William Langer (R) and Milton Younger (R). Laws referred to as for a mintage of 100,000 cash bearing the date 1958 whatever the 12 months of placing. Backed by the North Dakota Coin Membership, the Queen Metropolis Coin Membership, and the Theodore Roosevelt Nationwide Memorial Park and Badlands Affiliation.)
- Lumberman’s Memorial Monument (Huron Nationwide Forest) (H.R. 11709 proposed by Congressman Elford A. Cederberg (R-MI10). To be distributed by Tawa Metropolis, Michigan Kiwanis Membership.)
- Colorado “Rush to the Rockies” Centennial / U.S. Air Pressure Academy Reverse Greenback (1958 – Proposed by Sen. Gordon Allott (R-CO), S. 4185.)
- Colorado “Rush to the Rockies” Centennial / U.S. Air Pressure Academy Reverse Half Greenback (1959 – Proposed by Sen. Gordon Allott, S. 225.)
- Pioneer Spirit of the Nation’s Early Lumberjacks Half Greenback (1959 – Proposed by Rep. Elford A. Cederberg, H.R. 58.)
- a hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the Commencement from the U.S. Navy Academy of Sylvanus Thayer Half Greenback (1959 – Proposed by Rep Katharine St. George, H.R. 1065.)
- Centennial of the Drilling of the First Oil Nicely at Titusville, Pennsylvania (1959 – Proposed by Rep. Carroll D. Kearns (R-PA24), H.R. 3655.)
- one centesimal Anniversary of the Founding of Denver, Colorado (1959 – Proposed by Rep. Byron G. Rogers (D-CO1), H.R. 925)
The Sixties
- Michigan Copper Mining (1964 – Requested by the state of Michigan.)
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