commemoratives
Souvenirs marking occasions
Commemoratives are items created to honor or celebrate a person, event, or milestone.
The term most often refers to commemorative stamps, coins, or medals issued to mark anniversaries, historical figures, or significant occasions: The post office released commemoratives for the moon landing.
Collectors prize commemoratives both for their subject matter and limited availability.
Special anniversary observance
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
- bicentennial200th anniversary observance
- sesquicentennial150-year milestone
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
decade · founding · establishment · armistice · liberation · yearly · centennial
Stamped metal currency
- stampMark-making device
- medalMetal honor token
- medallionLarge decorative disk pendant
- mintAromatic culinary herb
numismatic · philatelic · figurine · plate · spoon · pin · badge · engraved
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- wreath-layingPlacing memorial garland
procession · salute · observance · convocation · consecration · groundbreaking · christening · renaming
Token of recollection
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- souvenirToken from a trip
locket · photograph · program · ribbon · certificate · engraving · scrapbook · replica
Structure honoring someone remembered
- plaqueInscribed memorial tablet
- cenotaphTomb without a body
- obeliskTapering stone monument
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
shrine · gravestone · mausoleum · inscription · landmark · cornerstone · headstone · wreath
jubilee
Special anniversary observance
- centenaryHundredth anniversary observance
- bicentennial200th anniversary observance
- sesquicentennial150-year milestone
milestone · decade · founding · establishment · armistice · liberation · yearly · centennial
coin
Stamped metal currency
mint · numismatic · philatelic · figurine · plate · spoon · pin · badge · engraved · souvenir
dedication
Wholehearted loyalty to purpose
- unveilingAct of first revealing
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
wreath-laying · procession · salute · observance · convocation · consecration · groundbreaking · christening · renaming · flyover
memento
Token of recollection
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
souvenir · locket · photograph · program · ribbon · certificate · engraving · scrapbook · replica · miniature
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
statue · shrine · gravestone · mausoleum · inscription · landmark · cornerstone · headstone · wreath · epitaph
- coinspennies, leu, silver eagles, nickels, ban
- coin collectingrare coins, penny, cent, coin dealers, bronze coin
- postal historystamps, postmarks, postmaster, postage, postmark
- stamp collectingpostage stamps, stamp album, stamp albums, mint stamps, used stamps
- mintingcoinage, minter, coiner, mintmarks, die maker
- stampsstamp, stamps, mint stamps, used stamps, postage
commemorativesstandard issue
Officially distributed to all
pocket change · bullion · bullion coins · common currency · legal tender
commemorativesmass circulation
- commemorative coinsCurrency issued for remembrance
- commemorative plaqueInscribed tribute marker
- commemorative plateDecorative dish honoring occasions
- commemorative stampsPostage honoring significant occasions
- commemorative editionVersion honoring a milestone
- commemorative medalDisk honoring an event