New additions to 2026 Semiquincentennial Program on mint website

WALLE

The dime, quarter, and half dollar candidates are shown along with American Eagle platinum proof. They also show the 2026 Best of the mint silver medals program.

World67

link?

WillieBoyd2

Not much here:
https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/semiquincentennial-coins

MsMorrisine

https://www.usmint.gov/news/ccac-meetings

291fifth

Having looked at the designs for the various denominations ... awful, just plain awful. The vast majority suffer from being far too "busy" and some just look like high school art contest submissions.

World67

There are some good designs in there. Some crap too unfortunately and my guess is we'll get some crap.

CRHer700

That one that @ManifestDestiny posted above is probably the worst of them all, however this one is quite near it. It looks like the child is learning black magic or something.

CRHer700

It seems like all the different representations of liberty are all angry or vengeful looking, not like liberty should. I also hate that most of the designs have such flat surfaces, the way they did it before modern technology produced much more luster and texture that is lost when the fields and sometimes the raised designs are perfectly flat. I've said enough, modern designs suck.

World67

@CRHer700 said:
It seems like all the different representations of liberty are all angry or vengeful looking, not like liberty should. I also hate that most of the designs have such flat surfaces, the way they did it before modern technology produced much more luster and texture that is lost when the fields and sometimes the raised designs are perfectly flat. I've said enough, modern designs suck.

World67

Looks like there's some Alphonse Mucha inspired stuff also, which I like, but not for this program.

CRHer700

@Manifest_Destiny said:

@CRHer700 said:
It seems like all the different representations of liberty are all angry or vengeful looking, not like liberty should. I also hate that most of the designs have such flat surfaces, the way they did it before modern technology produced much more luster and texture that is lost when the fields and sometimes the raised designs are perfectly flat. I've said enough, modern designs suck.

See what I mean! 😐

oldabeintx

There are a couple of attractive renditions of Liberty. Less stern.

SaorAlba

Bad girl, mad girl.

291fifth

What is with all the angry looks?

oih82w8

Mean-muggin'

psuman08

Time to find the modern St. Gaudens. These designs are poor.

mrcommem

As Teddy Roosevelt once said, "the coins are of excessive hideousness."

Cranium_Basher73

Angry, bitter, resentful, combative.....

cheezhed

I'd love some more undulations in the fields as opposed to the flat of moderns.

JimW

Wow.....just terrible

MsMorrisine

@Manifest_Destiny said:

$100

Namvet69

Makes me think of Medusa!

Jacques_Loungecoque

As predicted…. they’re going to eff this up. And why do so many of the women on the Declaration of Independence quarters have prostitute faces?

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
edit to add: excessive vomiting

World67

@Namvet69 said:
Makes me think of Medusa!

Also reminds me of Heidi Wastweet's work.

Cranium_Basher73

Someone said it was all about the Benjamin's. Now, it's all about the ineptitude. Some of those designs were rejects from the proposed 2025 Liberty gold with minor tweets. 18th and 19th century art inspired people, this......I have no idea. Except maybe malice and discontent.

World67

This would be my choice for the dime.

World67

Dec quarter

World67

Con quarter

World67

Half

World67

Platinum

World67

Medal

GiveMeProof

@Manifest_Destiny said:

@CRHer700 said:
It seems like all the different representations of liberty are all angry or vengeful looking, not like liberty should. I also hate that most of the designs have such flat surfaces, the way they did it before modern technology produced much more luster and texture that is lost when the fields and sometimes the raised designs are perfectly flat. I've said enough, modern designs suck.

If your wife or girlfriend looked at you like that you better RUN!

GiveMeProof

@Manifest_Destiny said:
Medal

A little thigh action. They will never approve.

GiveMeProof

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Onastone

We hold these designs to be self evident. Happy Semiquincentennial.

olympicsos

Why couldn't they do a clad Mercury dime?

Creg

Use all the obverses and reverses in random combinations. Collect them all.

CRHer700

@Creg said:
Use all the obverses and reverses in random combinations. Collect them all.

That would actually be quite interesting, as you wouldn't know which ones are going to be rarer than the others.

oldabeintx

@Manifest_Destiny said:
Medal

You have good taste. Same picks as mine. Your humor posts as well.

Goldminers

Some of these are interesting, different, and more unique.

BStrauss3

Once again we are being offered designs that look good in pencil sketches. Might be OK in proof. And will look terrible in circulation quality.

We have the tools to be able to produce realistic examples prior to being struck using 3D Printing in metal. Let's start using it and leave the buggy whips on the shelf.

VKurtB

@291fifth said:
What is with all the angry looks?

Feminists.

fathom

Awful.

Onastone

messydesk

@mrcommem said:
As Teddy Roosevelt once said, "the coins are of excessive hideousness."

"... artistically of atrocious hideousness." And, yeah, these would get him spun up pretty good.

The_Dinosaur_Man

A lot of not-so-great designs. I like the concept of flowing hair and thought it harkened back nicely to the first coins issued by the Mint.

erwindoc

Im sure everyone here is glad that the design of the dime is changing, which is first since 1946. Im hoping that they will find a different circulating dime for all the coins going forward. This is a great opportunity to revise everything!

DBSTrader2

Hideous. Simply Hideous...........