So-Called Dollars

By Year

1826
Erie Canal Completion
U.S. Semicentennial

1853
Crystal Palace

1859
Nassau Water Works

1860
Heenan-Sayers Boxing Bout

1861
Bombardment of Fort Sumter
Loyal National League

1869
Pacific Railway Completion

1870
Pilgrim Jubilee Memorial

1872
Truckee Ice Carnival

1873
San Francisco Mint Coining Press

1875
Battle of Lexington Centennial

1876
Nevada Dollar
U.S. Centennial Exposition
Bridgeport Board of Trade

1877 to 1903
Revolutionary War Battles, Anniversaries, Headquarters, Memorials, Monuments

1878
Whipple Dollar

1879-1911
Alaska Souvenir Gold

1880
Nashville Centennial Exposition

1882
Pennsylvania Bicentennial - 200th Anniversary of the Landing of William Penn
Baltimore Festival

1883
Albany Burgesses Corps Semicentennial
American Exhibition of Foreign Products
Sesquicentennial of Settlement of Georgia
German-American Bicentennial

1884
World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition
Charlotte Firemen's Monument
Middletown Centennial
St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall
Robert E. Lee Statue Unveiling

1885
World's Industrial & Cotton Centennial Exposition
Washington National Monument

1886
Albany Bicentennial
Milwaukee Industrial Exposition
Providence - 250th Anniversary
St. Louis 26th Annual Fair
Springfield 250th Anniversary
Eutopia Dollar

1887
Georgia State Fair
New Haven Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Seneca Falls Centennial

1888
Ohio Valley And Central States Centennial Exposition
New Haven 250th Anniversary

1889
National Monument to the Forefathers
Fayetteville Centennial
Maryland Exposition
Consolidated Kansas City Smelting & Refining Company

1890
Allegheny City Semicentennial
Civil War Monument
Easton Centennial
Iowa State Capitol
San Francisco Chronicle 25th Anniversary

1891
Tin-First Car Load Produced in America
Vermont Statehood Centennial - Bennington Battle Monument Dedication
South Carolina General Assembly Centennial
Stockton Courthouse Dedication
Ulysses S. Grant Monument Unveiling - Chicago, IL
Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Statue Dedication
George Washington Monument Dedication

1892
World's Columbian Exposition
Bridgeport Columbian Celebration
Buncombe County Centennnial
King Cotton Carnival and Mardi Gras
Phillipsburg Columbian Celebration
Pittsburgh Exposition

1893
World's Columbian Exposition
United States Capitol Centennial
Bunker Hill Carnival
Cazenovia Centennial
Nebraska State Fair
Randolph Centennial
William Lloyd Garrison Statue
Carter H. Harrison Statue
Ada Rehan
Frances E. Willard

1894
California Midwinter Exposition
Attleboro Bicentennial

1895
Cotton States and International Exposition
Mechanics Fair Centennial - Goodyear Welt and Turned Shoes

1896
Fitzsimmons-Maher Boxing Bout
Tennessee Centennial Exposition
California Admission Day Celebration
Dayton Centennial
Greene County Centennial
Western Reserve Centennial
Anaconda Mine
Parrot Mine
Bryan Dollars

1897
Tennessee Centennial Exposition
Corbett-Fitzsimmons Boxing Bout
Grant's Tomb Dedication
Utah - 50th Anniversary of Settlement
Cloverdale Citrus Fair
New Bedford Semicentennial
San Francisco City Hall - Mechanics Institute Fair
Bickford Dollars

1898
Battle of Manila Bay
Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition
U.S. Battleship Maine
California Gold Discovery Semicentennial
Peace Jubilee

1899
Philadelphia Exposition
Ulysses S. Grant Statue Unveiling - Philadelphia, PA

1900
Bryan Dollars
Lesher or Referendum Dollars

1901
Pan-American Exposition
South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition
Detroit Bicentennial
Dexter Centennial
Norwalk 250th Anniversary
Phoenix Capitol Dedication
John G. Fee
Lesher or Referendum Dollars

1902
South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition
Wells Fargo & Company Semicentennial
New England Association of Arts and Crafts

1903
New York Stock Exchange Building
New England Association of Arts and Crafts
Merchants & Manufacturers Exhibition Association

1904
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
U.S.S. California Launching
Atlantic City 50th Anniversary
U.S. Express Company 50th Anniversary

1905
Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition
Frances E. Willard
Denver Mint Opening

1906
Pike's Peak, "Southwest Expedition" Centennial
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Cincinnati Fall Festival

1907
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition
Utah Peach Day

1908
United States Navy World Voyage
Philadelphia 225th Anniversary
Elder "Taft" and "Wilson" or "Gold Basis" Dollars

1909
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Hudson-Fulton Celebration
Meeting of Presidents Taft and Diaz
Portola Festival
Belmont Semicentennial
Southern Electrical & Industrial Exposition

1910
Brian Boru Dollar
Ohio Valley Exposition

1911
Minneapolis Civic Celebration
Mobile Bicentennial

1912
Louisiana Statehood Centennial
California Admission Day Celebration
Elder "Taft" and "Wilson" or "Gold Basis" Dollars

1913
Portola Festival
Discovery of Florida - 400th Anniversary

1914
Panama Canal Completion
Montana 25th Anniversary of Statehood - 50th Anniversary of the Organization of the Territory

1915
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Panama-California Exposition
Chicopee 25th Anniversary
Haverhill 275th Anniversary

1916
Panama-California Exposition
Northboro 150th Anniversary

1917
World War I, Visit of our Allies - and their Guard of Honor, Veteran Corps of Artillery of NY
Catskill Aqueduct Completion
Cheyenne Semicentennial
Thomas L. Elder, Miscellaneous World War I Issues
World War I Good Luck Medals

1918
World War I Peace Medals
Swift & Company

1919
Essex Centennial
World War I Victory Medals
Swift & Company

1920
Manila Mint Opening
World War I Victory Medals

1922
Hampden County Memorial Bridge Dedication
Jacksonville Golden Jubilee
Rogers Brothers 75th Anniversary
Ku Klux Klan

1924
Ku Klux Klan

1925
Canton Centennial
Norse-American Centennial

1926
U.S. Sesquicentennial Exposition
New Jersey Sesquicentennial Celebration
Paramount Pictures 15th Anniversary

1929
Robert E. Lee Birthplace Bicentennial

1930
Pacific American International Exposition
Boston Tercentenary

1931
McCormick Reaper Centennial - International Harvester Company
Battle Creek Centennial
San Antonio Bicentennial

1932
William Penn - 250th Anniversary of the Arrival in America

1933
Century of Progress
Santa Monica Breakwater
Windsor 300th Anniversary
Wolfville Western Days
Frances E. Willard
Montana Dollars
Nevada Dollar
Pedley-Ryan Dollars
Colorado's "Century of Progress" Dollars

1934
Century of Progress
Boise Centennial - Fort Boise
Wethersfield Tercentenary

1935
Shreveport Centennial
Mark Twain Centennial

1936
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Completion
Beloit Centennial
Kenosha Centennial
Burlington Centennial
Long Island Tercentenary
Springfield 300th Anniversary
Wisconsin Territorial Centennial

1938
Delaware Tercentenary
Middletown-Portland Bridge
Northwest Territory Celebration

1939
Golden Gate International Exposition
New York World's Fair
Stratford Tercentenary
Dodge Brothers 25th Anniversary
Kelvinator 25th Anniversary

1940
Golden Gate International Exposition
New York World's Fair

1941
Paramount Pictures 30th Anniversary

1942
The Philharmonic Symphony Society Centennial

1945
Boothe Homestead
World War II Victory Medal

1946
International Monetary Conference
United Nations Monetary Patterns

1948
California Gold Discovery Centennial
International Airport Dedication
Northwest Paper Company 50th Anniversary - Weyerhauser Forest Products
United Nations Pledge Medal

1949
California Gold Rush Centennial
Long Beach Centennial

1950
California Statehood Centennial
Paul Revere Dollar
Washington D.C. Sesquicentennial - Annv. of Establishment of a Permanent National Capital
General Outdoor Advertising Company 25th Anniversary

1951
Virtue Brothers Manufacturing Company 25th Anniversary
God and Freedom Medal

1952
Lick Freeway Dedication

1953
Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial
North American Aviation, Inc. 25th Anniversary
God and Freedom Medal

1954
"Cradle of the Union" Celebration
Mariposa Court House Centennial
Northampton Tercentenary
West Hartford Centennial
Wabash Railroad Centennial

1955
Gnaden Huetten Massacre Bicentennial
Los Angeles Council Visitation

1957
King William County Circuit Court
Borden Company Centennial
Dr. Elisha Kent Kane

1958
Butterfield Overland Stage and Tipton Centennial
Coeur D'Alenes Silver Jubilee
Minnesota Statehood Centennial
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park
Mackinac Bridge
Mansfield Sesquicentennial
Salina Centennial
Valley City Diamond Jubilee
Convair Astronautics Plant Dedication - General Dynamics Corporation

1959
Alaska Statehood
Alaska-Hawaii Statehood
American Airlines Jet Dollar - First Jet Air Service Across the United States
Colorado "Rush to the Rockies" Centennial
Hawaii Statehood
Nevada Silver Centennial
Oregon Statehood Centennial
Soil Conservation Society of America
Olivia Spring Home Show
Marketing Device Association

1960
Alaska Festival of Music
Boy Scouts of America - 50th Anniversary Jamboree
Christening of U.S.S. Enterprise
Mardi Gras Celebration
Pony Express Centennial
Fresno Diamond Jubilee
Jackson City Hall and Library
Old Tucson
"East Tincup"
Marketing Device Association
Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association
Disneyland

1961
Kansas Statehood Centennial
Mobile 250th Anniversary
Pony Express Termination Centennial
Marketing Device Association

UNDATED
Coney Island
Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Hawaii
Louisiana Mechanics & Agricultural Fair Association
New Orleans
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Agricultural, Mechanical & Tobacco Exposition
New England Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths Association
Aaron White Satirical Dollar
Continental Dollars, Dickeson and Elder Restrikes
Elder Issues Related to Continental Dollar Restrikes