The United States Mint will kick off a new four-year quarter program in 2027, celebrating youth sports across the nation. Authorized under the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act (Public Law 116-330), this initiative will feature up to five different sports annually, showcasing activities played by American youth. The program is set to run through 2030.
In addition to the quarters, the U.S. Mint will release a redesigned half-dollar each year of the program, highlighting a single Paralympic sport.
The list of potential sports to be featured was developed in collaboration with the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition (PCSFN) and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). To gather public input, the Mint is inviting Americans to review the proposed list and share their preferences through a brief online survey.
The survey opened on January 22, 2025, and runs through February 20, 2025. To participate, visit the Mint’s official website at usmint.gov/coins/coin-programs/youth-sports/.
Please, just stop. Five designs annually for four years? My eyes are rolling out of my head.
Yeah, but you’ll get a free Cardboard Collector Coin Board to go with them!
You’ll be sorry….
Major D: My problem is not with the theme, it’s just that there have been too many designs on the reverse of the quarter for the last 2 1/2 decades. With the state quarters, it was a new and exciting idea. At this point, very few actually look at a quarter anymore. The concept is old and stale. There are simply too many quarters with different reverses out there. I think it’s time to at least cut the number of designs. Maybe one per year? Or how about one design per mint? Or perhaps one design per denomination (penny, nickel,… Read more »
i think they wanted to do dogs of each state or something like that but because 2026 would fall in the middle of that 10-year run, they shifted to women quarters (nearly done) and then came up with youth sports after that to fill in the gap before the 10 years are up. but seriously, the mint is only doing it because congress passed a law requiring the mint to do it. by default, the mint can’t change designs for 25 years, but congress can (and did) override that. if you really don’t like it, let your representative know, otherwise… Read more »
That assumes my representative cares or even represents me. None has done anything I’ve suggested. Generally, they do completely the opposite.
Oh well, It’s not like I’m looking to punch these things into a Whitman holder. I typically only pay attention to the designs when I examine the silver proof set.
…Redesigned half dollar…
Replacing Kennedy with Paralympic sport?
HUGE MISTAKE!!
A disservice to both American heroes, IMO
Major D, did you ever watch The Twilight Zone 1985 episode “Profile in Silver” which has a connection to the 1964 Silver Kennedy Half Dollar?
youth sports? i’m guessing it should be Madden NFL, tik tok, minecraft, roblox and fortnite for the first year…