In 2025, the U.S. Mint will strike coins in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps.
The 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law No: 118-10), which was signed into law Wednesday by President Biden, directs the Department of the Treasury, and thereby the U.S. Mint, to produce and sell up to 50,000 gold $5 coins, 400,000 silver dollars, and 750,000 clad half dollars.
Coin Designs
Other than the coin-mandated inscriptions of words like "Liberty," "In God We Trust," "United States of America," and "E Pluribus Unum," the designs of the coins are left open, as long as they are "emblematic of the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps."
The final designs will be selected by the Treasury Secretary after consultations and reviews by the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation.
Different Types of Coins
The U.S. Mint will produce 6 coins in total as a part of the commemorative program, offering them in varying mintages, collector finishes, denominations, and compositions.
Six Marine Corps 250th Anniversary Commemorative Coins
| $5 Gold | Silver Dollar | 50c | |
| Finish | Proof and Uncirculated | Proof and Uncirculated | Proof and Uncirculated |
| Mintage Maximums | 50,000 | 400,000 | 750,000 |
| Composition | Not Less Than 90% Gold | Not Less Than 90% Silver | 8.33% Nickel, Balance Copper |
| Weight | 8.359 Grams | 26.73 Grams | 11.34 Grams |
| Diameter | 0.850 Inches | 1.500 Inches | 1.205 Inches |
Coin Surcharges
Coin sales prices will include surcharges of $35 per gold coin, $10 per silver dollar, and $5 per half-dollar. Provided the commemoratives turn a profit, the collected funds will be paid to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and used exclusively to support the mission of the Marine Corps Heritage Center.
Background
Separate legislation seeking commemorative coins to honor the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps had been passed by both the House of Representatives [H.R. 1096] and the Senate [S. 305].
The House version was originally introduced on Feb. 17 by Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), while the Senate bill was introduced on Feb. 7 by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).
Eventually, H.R. 1096 moved forward and was passed in the House on July 11, received Senate approval on July 20, and was signed into law by the President on July 26.
Love the Marines, but enough is enough.
Surcharge
Private Doofy reporting to your charge, Sir.
However no military discounts for mint customers ever. That’s how you thank us for our service.
So not full ounce. Much higher production than the current coins. And copying a 250 year old insignia, so not hard to design the coin. Semper fi marines.
And to the mint.
The few, the proud, the mo rons
Wow a Marines commemorative- what has it been 2 years?
And look, would you just look @ those mintage limits. There must be bags of come in Congress as well, the #s are nuts, ignore reality and shows how out of touch on everything is Washington
BAgs of cocaine, spell check is CRAZY
Kaiser,
Maybe “Frankie Fontaine” was a centerfold model in the pages of a Blue Boy magazine…
NumisdudeTX
Kaiser,
I wish I had that first issue (circa 1974) in my collection. I bought a few copies in the early 80s while in college for the articles! Lol.
And singer Cyndi Lauper mentioned it in her hit song “She Bop” – “…in the pages of a Blue Boy magazine…” Good times!
NumisdudeTX
I see the Proof silver dollars for subscription shot back up above 7000. Guess some big times buyers cancelled or something. They had been down to only a bit over 1000 available.
Kaiser, I got an email from The Coin Vault and they are offering the Proof Morgan/Peace Dollar set slabbed 70 for $350.00 or $175/coin. These guys are as bad as Magic Mike when it comes to pricing new coin releases. I wonder how cheap these slabbed coins will be in a month or so.
But I also must say they sure do look nice. I don’t think anyone is going to be disappointed with the appearance of the coins!
I doubt they drop in price. Maybe a few bucks. $100 over asking. Plus what $25 to grade. $5 return shipping. And $5 to ship to buyer. So $65 markup. Takes up space. People like round numbers so $50 profit all in, might drop to $160 each, maybe $149.99 just to hit the psychological number, but I can’t imagine them selling less than $40 profit at that rate. And that just ms70. Fdoi or other special labels add to grading cost. After reading about all the marred uncirculated, guess the flippers sense the mint is destroying the hobby. Several stated… Read more »
D & C, Coin Vault is selling FDI 70’s Morgan/Peace Dollars for $349.95 for the 2 coins. I was thinking they’ll probable drop to $139 or $149, only because they are minting so many and these are by no means to be considered rare. I have also cut way back on the amount of dollars spent on Mint products and am basically picking up a couple each of the Morgan/Peace offerings. I hope you didn’t sell out of the stock market completely because you missed a lot of action this past year if you did. As they say, timing the… Read more »
It’s Blumie’s way of making amends for lying about his Vietnam service while in the USMC reserve.