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This should surprise no one.
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Paywalled
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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The Trump administration stoked outrage on Thursday after revelations it was scrapping commemorative quarter designs celebrating slavery's abolition, women's voting rights, and the civil rights movement. Those would have been my favorites.  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Just a friendly reminder to keep this discussion coin-focused. Thx all for making CCF a place where we can hold civil conversations.
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Make the quarters, a history of past quarters.
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Save the designs and make the next quarter program civil rights based.
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This article isn't behind a paywall: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/se...50th-designsSo apparently the Treasury Secretary is scrapping Biden administration 2026 quarter designs approved by then-Secretary Yellen. The canceled designs were for women's suffrage and the abolition of slavery. The revised 1776-2026 designs feature Founding Fathers on the obverse, and American Revolution themes on the reverse (Liberty Bell, Independence Hall or Constitution, etc.). My frank opinion is that the new 1776-2026 coins are a proper commemoration of the American Revolution and of the great men who established the United States of America. We can release unrelated coin designs in any other year we choose. Quite bluntly, the correct year to release coin designs celebrating abolition and civil rights was 2015. That was the 150th anniversary of the end of the civil war. A 2013 coin celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation would have also made total sense, as would a 2018 coin celebrating the 14th Amendment formalizing the citizenship of liberated slaves. President Obama and that Congress completely dropped the ball on a golden opportunity to celebrate Fredrick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, and the other extraordinary individuals who fought to end slavery. |
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If only they had followed the law... https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th...se-bill/1923Public Law No: 116-330 (01/13/2021) Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 Bold added Quote:
(Sec. 3) Treasury may issue quarter dollars, beginning January 1, 2026, with up to five different designs emblematic of the U.S. 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. Treasury may, in addition to the coins honoring Native Americans and honoring innovation and innovators, mint for issuance during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2026, $1 dollar coins with designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial. I see four old white guys. FOUR coins not FIVE. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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I'm confused, so the coins they unveiled yesterday, 12/11/25, are the designs AFTER Trump put the kibosh on the others? Because the five I see are
1)Mayflower Compact
2)Revolutionary War
3) Declaration of Independence
4) U.S Constitution
5) Gettysburg Address
I would've like to have the designs that were going to be, they have to better than these
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12/12/2025 2:39 pm
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 I was not against some of the designs on the quarters with paying tribute to famous people. A lot of the women I never heard of. I always wondered why they never has some men who contributed a lot to society. I could of given them a list. I thought about my Mother's cousin who gave so much to the people of the world and was never appreciated. A lot of people never knew of his great accomplishments and he passed away without notice and thanks. These are the great people we should never forget also. Sorry I am just venting. |
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I wanted to see Johnny Appleseed on the Indiana quarter.
Perhaps there's still a chance.
Thanks for the link @brandmeister .
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Dollar coins ". . . With the designs emblematic of the U.S semiquincentennial."
So the designs on the Mint's page:
A Coin with President Trumps head/bust.
Whatever your thoughts about him, he is NOT emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial.
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That coin will never happen. It's probably just catnip.
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Because these are the coin designs for the Semiquincentennial that the Mint will be making next year. Then who knows what they will go back to in 2027. https://www.usmint.gov/coins/coin-p...HTMeh1iYvTlt"To celebrate the Nation's Semiquincentennial (SemiQ), the United States Mint is proud to unveil one-year-only changes to well-known American coinage, such as the circulating dime and quarter, as well as the collectible half dollar. The Mint will also release special numismatic coins and medals in 2026 featuring unique designs and enhancements for core products and annual releases." |
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