List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1980s)

1980

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

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

Face value	Coin	Obverse design	Reverse design	Composition	Mintage	Available	Obverse	Reverse
50¢	George Washington 250th Anniversary half dollar^[1]	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

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

Face value	Coin	Obverse design	Reverse design	Composition	Mintage	Available	Obverse	Reverse
$1	1984 Summer Olympics dollar^[2]	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

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

Face value	Coin	Obverse design	Reverse design	Composition	Mintage	Available	Obverse	Reverse
$1	1984 Summer Olympics dollar^[3]	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^[4]	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

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

Face value	Coin	Obverse design	Reverse design	Composition	Mintage	Available
50¢	Statue of Liberty half dollar^[5]	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^[6]	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^[7]	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

Face value	Coin	Obverse design	Reverse design	Composition	Mintage	Available	Obverse	Reverse
$1	United States Constitution Bicentennial dollar^[8]	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^[9]	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

Face value	Coin	Obverse design	Reverse design	Composition	Mintage	Available	Obverse	Reverse
$1	1988 Summer Olympics dollar^[10]	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^[11]	Nike	Olympic flame	Au 90%, Ag 6%, Cu 4%	Authorized: 1,000,000 (max) Uncirculated: 62,913 W Proof: 281,456 W	1988

Face value	Coin	Obverse design	Reverse design	Composition	Mintage	Available
50¢	U.S. Congress Bicentennial half dollar^[12]	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^[13]	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^[14]	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