The George Washington 250th Anniversary half dollar is a commemorative coin that was issued by the United States Mint in 1982 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of George Washington.

[1] The George Washington 250th Anniversary half dollar was the first modern United States commemorative coin.

[2] Production of traditional commemorative coins had previously ended in 1954 with the Carver-Washington half dollar.

[3] Public Law 97-104 authorized a total mintage of 10,000,000 coins.

A total of 4,894,044 proof and 2,210,458 uncirculated coins were produced and sold.