Quarter Millennial Quarters, or what?
MrEureka
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The 250th anniversary of our independence is just around the corner. Are any plans for commems already in the works? A series of circulating quarters telling the story of independence could be really cool. Maybe run it from 2026 to 2033, starting with the Declaration of Independence and ending with the Treaty of Paris?
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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https://america250.org/
https://america250.org/news/u-s-coins-to-honor-america250-women-in-history/
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-116publ330/pdf/PLAW-116publ330.pdf
SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF REDESIGNED CIRCULATING COINS EMBLEMATIC
OF THE UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL.
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(y) REDESIGN AND ISSUANCE OF COINS EMBLEMATIC OF THE
UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL.— ‘‘(1) REDESIGN BEGINNING IN 2026.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(i) Notwithstanding the 4th, 5th, and 6th sentences of subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may change
the design on any of the coins authorized under this
section and minted for issuance during the one-year
period beginning January 1, 2026, in celebration of
the United States semiquincentennial.
‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding the 2nd and 3rd sentences
of subsection (d)(1), the Secretary may place the
required inscriptions on either the obverse or reverse
sides of the coins authorized for redesign under this
subsection.
‘‘(B) QUARTER DOLLARS.—The Secretary may issue
quarter dollars in 2026 with up to five different designs
emblematic of the United States semiquincentennial. One
of the quarter dollar designs must be emblematic of a
woman’s or women’s contribution to the birth of the Nation
or the Declaration of Independence or any other monumental moments in American History.
‘‘(C) DOLLARS.—The Secretary may, in addition to the
coins produced under subsections (r) and (w), mint for
issuance during the one-year period beginning January
1, 2026, $1 dollar coins with designs emblematic of the
United States semiquincentennial.
‘‘(D) DESIGNS AFTER END OF THE PROGRAM.—Beginning
in 2027, any coin redesigned under this subsection shall
revert to the immediately previous designs, with the exception of the quarter dollar and the half dollar, which shall
bear designs in accordance with subsection (z).
These coins will produce some Mint site disasters. Cheers, RickO