Semiquincentennial Coins & Medals (Design Preview)

https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/semiquincentennial/?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-Campaign-_-20251211_SEMIQ_DecemberTeaser_PP-_-LearnMore_CTA&cm_mmca1=Marketing&cm_mmca2=&cm_mmca3=&cc=SEMIQ ^ | 12/11/2025 | US Mint

[Rio]

Pix at the linked USMint.gov web page. Pretty nice, though not sure what the Gettysburg Address has to do with the Semiquincentennial.

[Claud]

I like them a lot! Just classic Americana...which we’ve been sorely lacking.

[Leaning Right]

> Just classic Americana... <

Yes. That was a pleasant surprise.

[alternatives?]

If the Fed keeps printing money, they ought to make them out of cardboard.

[CivilWarBrewing]

I was AFRAID TO LOOK because of all the WOKE BS on the past few years of coinage, but... 2026 COINS ARE AWESOME and NON-woke as far as I can tell.

The eagle on the dime reverse is killer.

I could do without the TACO BELL AD on the back of the quarter, however.

[NorthMountain]

I like the armed soldier on the Rev War quarter, and James Madison(?) on the Constitution coin looks like he’s about to shoot LASER beams out his eyes ... They’re all good.

[Alas Babylon!]

Here ya go!

[NorthMountain]

The 1976 Bicentennial coins were nice ... I like this bunch much better.

[jimwatx]

Unless they are made of silver I’ll pass.

[noiseman]

Where are the Muslims?

[MtnClimber]

Where are the Muslims?

The muslims were already there. Notice it is mainly just heads.

[Pollard]

These coins, as well as numismatic (collectible) pennies and half dollars, can be purchased from the United States Mint in annual sets or select bags and rolls in 2026.

Pennies are dead. Why come out with a collectible dead coin? Sentimental value?

[Apparatchik]

We all need to thank the Almighty that Donald J. Trump is our President next year.

A President Harris Treasury Dept would have given us the Emmett Till nickel, the Stonewall Riots dime, and the Martin Luther King Jr. quarter, complete with “Fweedom” inscribed on the obverse.

[Pollard]

Not impressed with this one. Text over scenery or visa versa? Made the Pilgrims aka Separatists look like Puritans which they were not. Puritans came later and settled up around what's now Boston. My Separatist ancestors didn't burn and torture women who they thought were witches.

[simpson96]

“I like them a lot! Just classic Americana...which we’ve been sorely lacking.”

Exactly what I was thinking.

Designs are clear and beautiful - and not a trace of wokeness or DEI.

I’m curious what they’ll cost in uncirculated or proof sets. It’ll be sticker shock for sure. The price for a 2025 proof set (cent thru half dollar - non-silver) was $40.25(!)

[broken_clock]

The half dollar looks odd in a Pinocchio kind of way.

[oldtech]

Remember this...if you are collecting them, it’s hard to say what the value of certain ones will become. If you are spending them, you have to remember what they are actually worth in purchasing power.

[noiseman]

The muslims were already there. Notice it is mainly just heads.

Ah, that makes sense.

[reasonisfaith]

“The half dollar looks odd in a Pinocchio kind of way.”

So it does. Makes me think there were low IQ, passive-aggressive anti-Americans behind the design.

[broken_clock]

I would hope the coins were up for a review before minting. Maybe the artwork looks good when viewed in a large format? One of those things I guess.