US Mint - What’s Your Favorite Coin? (Survey) - 2026 Reissue of Historic Coins

To honor our country’s 250th anniversary, the United States Mint will re-issue a selection of historic coins. We’d like your feedback in our quick, anonymous survey to help determine which coins should be re-issued as numismatic coins in 2026.
It only takes a few minutes to rank your favorites and make an impact that will last generations.
Best of the Mint Coins: Numismatic Coin Reissue Survey
The year 2026 will mark America’s Semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of the founding of our Nation.
The Mint is recognizing this historic event with a “Best of the Mint” collection that reflects the rich numismatic history of the United States. This one-year series will include gold coins honoring historic designs that represent the best of America’s coinage as determined by expert recommendation and public input.
We invite you to participate in the selection process by ranking our list of 21 historic coin designs. By taking this brief survey, you can weigh in on what you consider to be the United States Mint's best coins.
Your participation in this survey is ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY and should require approximately 6 minutes of your time.
Survey Link - Provide your Feedback
- 1804 Silver Dollar
- 1987 Constitution Bicentennial $5 Gold Coin
- 1856 Flying Eagle Cent
- 1916 Mercury Dime
- 1836 Gobrecht Silver Dollar
- 1999 George Washington Commemorative Gold Five Dollar Coin
- 1921 Peace Dollar
- 1848 CAL. Liberty Head $2.50 Gold Coin
- 1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent
- 1913 Liberty Head Nickel
- 1986 Statue of Liberty $5 Gold Coin
- 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar
- 1792 Half Disme
- 1916 Liberty Walking Half Dollar
- 1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 Gold Coin
- 1878 Morgan Silver Dollar
- 1849 $20 Gold Double Eagle
- 2017 American Liberty High Relief $100 Gold Coin
- 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar
- 1792 Birch Cent
- 1793 Liberty Cap Cent
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My prior thread got deleted on an edit (Gotta Love this websites software ability to manage changes)
I've re-added prior comments from some users in the prior thread.
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Excuse me? Where did I (allegedly) say this?
Interesting list as the 1848 CAL Liberty $2.5, 1907 ASG HR double eagle, 1986 Statue of Liberty, 1987 Constitution and 1999 George Washington $5 gold and 2017 American Liberty $100 were all coins originally issued in gold and all can be found by collectors, though of course the 1907 ASG is far more money than the modern $5 commems and the 1848 CAL is far more money and far more difficult to find. The 1849 Liberty double eagle appears to be unique as an original so that is in some ways entirely different.
Of the others, the 1916 Merc, 1916 SLQ, 1916 WLH and 1964 JFK, as well as the previously mentioned 2017 American Liberty $100, have already been re-issued in gold in the last decade.
So, the US Mint boasts 230+ years of fabulous coinage, but of the 21-designs proposed they offer five (5) issued in the last decade, five (5) more that can be found (though only three relatively easily affordable) by most collectors and one that is unique. I guess no one at the US Mint or in the survey department thought eleven (11) designs already made in gold out of 21 might be bit heavy with re-issues?
If they wanted to re-issue coinage in gold they could have used some of the classic commems, too.
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I apologize about that @CaptHenway...
This website and its software sometimes does weird things, including changing a name that one did not put in,
The comment was originally attributable to: hfjacinto How this website switched it to you is beyond me....
Unfortunately, this website software can't keep up with editing and changes one does if someone is replying to the original comment.
It ultimately comes down to me...as I should have proofread my comment several times before hitting Post.
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The Gobrecht silver dollar would make me happy 👍
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Some of those I don’t see how they could belong in a best of list of mint items. I would have liked to have seen capped gold eagles or turban ones. Heck, bust halves should have been in the list. Why not the double dime?
Here's a complete set of the pictures to go with the list:
1804 Silver Dollar


1987 Constitution Bicentennial $5 Gold Coin


1856 Flying Eagle Cent


1916 Mercury Dime


1836 Gobrecht Silver Dollar


1999 George Washington Commemorative Gold Five Dollar Coin


1921 Peace Dollar


1848 CAL. Liberty Head $2.50 Gold Coin


1909 Lincoln Wheat Cent


1913 Liberty Head Nickel


1986 Statue of Liberty $5 Gold Coin


1964 Kennedy Half Dollar


1792 Half Disme


1916 Liberty Walking Half Dollar


1907 Saint-Gaudens High Relief $20 Gold Coin


1878 Morgan Silver Dollar


1849 $20 Gold Double Eagle


2017 American Liberty High Relief $100 Gold Coin


1916 Standing Liberty Quarter Dollar


1792 Birch Cent


1793 Liberty Cap Cent


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Here is the reasoning behind the selections according to the survey website:
Hope that helps in understanding the reasoning??
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Was really hoping to see an Indian cent as a choice for this...
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No buffalo nickel, no Indian head cent? Yet some lame modern commemoratives?
I would definitely prefer those compared to the 2017 $100.
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The Gobrecht is what I hope for among those. The problem is the 0.999 silver or gold to be used. Just won’t look right. I know the reasons why but I would love to have 0.90 and a frosty luster.
Why no Buffalo Nickel or Indian Head Cents? Too offensive? SMH.
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none of them. none have anything to do with "Independence"
It was hard, looking over this list, to not wonder in the back of my head if there was any political correctness involved in these choices. It's unfortunate that one even has to have these thoughts.
Such is the world these days.
When one thinks of the Indians or the Buffalo, I would venture to say that neither group would want to have anything to do with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States or its exploration of the continent as it continued to grow.
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I picked some of the early copper and a couple of the gold coins. The .999 standard kind of kills the silver for me.
Voted 10 on all the silver and copper. Gold is not my thing.
There were some I really liked. I would purchase most of the coins if they come out, but they need to do better than an uncirculated finish like they did on the Peace and Morgan’s.
I can understand why not reissuing IHC and Bison nickels as you can get a mint state one for low cost. I don’t know why they would reissue the the walking liberty 50 cents as those are affordable also in mint state.
My favorites would be the half disme, flying eagle and the early cents.
If they release the standing liberty I hope it the 1916 version and anatomically correct.
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20th Century Type Set
Virtual DANSCO 7070
Slabbed IHC set - Missing the Anacs Slabbed coins
At least one of the 1916 issues deserves to be there.