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In the United States, from 1903 to 1926 just 13 commemorative US gold coins were issued. Right until 1984, no commemorative US gold coins were issued, and then to mark the occasion of the Olympic held in Los Angeles, the US government issued its first gold coin since 1926.
The commemorative US gold coins are usually issued as $1 pieces which are slightly smaller than a dime. But there are 4 exceptions to this when the 1915-S $2.50-piece was issued to commemorate the Panama-Pacific Exposition; the 150th anniversary of the United States saw the issuance of a $2.50 piece; finally two large $50 gold coins were issued for 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915.
To commemorate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, two $1 gold pieces dated 1903 were issued where one side of the coin had Thomas Jefferson, the president, and the other side of the coin had the head of President McKinley.
Then a year later, the Lewis and Clarke Centennial Exposition was held in Portland, Oregon, and two $1 gold coins were issued with the portraits of Lewis and Clarke. These commemorative US gold coins were dated either 1904 or 1905.
The McKinley Memorial Dollars issued in 1916 and 1917 to raise money to build a memorial building in Ohio dedicated to the President McKinley. Both coins show a bust of the president on one side and the memorial building on the other.
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The exchange of gold investment and stocks in USA are often compared to each other. However, both these assets belong to different classes; wherein the gold is a store of value while stocks are a return on value which offer growth plus dividends. 
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