The United States Mint has unveiled the five 2027 quarter designs featuring young athletes participating in baseball, golf, soccer, softball and snowboarding. Its Oct. 26 announcement also revealed a new portrait of George Washington that will appear on all 20 quarters in the four-year Youth Sports series running through 2030.
Their reverses capture athletes in action, from a batter preparing to swing and a soccer player celebrating to a snowboarder soaring above a mountain landscape. The common obverse portrays Washington in civilian attire, with his face turned slightly toward the viewer rather than in strict profile.
Together, the designs introduce the Mint’s Youth Sports Coin Collection, which will follow this year’s five special 1776 ~ 2026 quarters issued for America’s 250th anniversary.
Five New Quarter Designs for 2027
The Mint’s newly released images showcase the following designs:
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Baseball: A young batter standing ready at home plate, holding a bat above the shoulder as a catcher crouches behind. A section of fencing completes the scene.
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Golf: A young golfer completing a swing, with the club raised over the shoulder against a background patterned after the dimpled surface of a golf ball.
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Soccer: A young player raising both arms in celebration beside an oversized soccer ball that fills much of the background.
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Softball: A batter swinging at an approaching pitch as a catcher crouches behind home plate. The date 2027 appears on the plate beneath the athletes.
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Snowboarding: An airborne snowboarder grabbing the board above a landscape of mountains and evergreen trees, with scattered snow adding a sense of movement.
Each reverse bears inscriptions of the sport’s name, the date 2027 and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
New Washington Portrait for 2027–2030
Washington’s new portrait marks the fifth distinct depiction of the nation’s first president on a U.S. quarter, according to the Mint.
John Flanagan’s original Washington portrait debuted in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the first president’s birth. Variations of the design appeared on circulating quarters through 2021, when Washington was also depicted on the reverse of the Crossing the Delaware quarter.
A right-facing portrait replaced Flanagan’s design for the American Women Quarters Program from 2022 through 2025. For 2026, the Mint introduced another likeness by Chief Engraver Joseph Menna on the Revolutionary War quarter, one of five special designs celebrating America’s 250th anniversary.
The new portrait will appear through 2030, paired with five different sports reverses annually. The obverse also includes the inscriptions LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, E PLURIBUS UNUM and 25¢.
Youth Sports Quarters Continue Through 2030
Authorized by the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-330), the quarters program will feature 15 additional sports after the 2027 lineup:
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2028: American football, swimming, gymnastics, lacrosse and track and field.
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2029: Basketball, wrestling, tennis, cheerleading and karate.
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2030: Figure skating, skiing, skateboarding, volleyball and ice hockey.
Public participation helped shape the series. As CoinNews reported in January 2025, the Mint invited Americans to identify the sports they wanted represented. The online survey ran from Jan. 22 through Feb. 20, 2025.
"Participation in sports teaches teamwork, perseverance, and the value of working toward a common goal," said Mint Director Paul Hollis in the Oct. 26 announcement. "Through the Youth Sports Coin Collection, the Mint has a unique opportunity to instill a sense of national pride and to celebrate the role sports play in the lives of all Americans."
The same legislation also authorizes annual Kennedy half dollars recognizing Paralympic sports. Those coins will feature a new Kennedy portrait and changing reverses, beginning with wheelchair basketball in 2027.
The Mint has not yet announced release dates, mintages or collector product details for the 2027 Youth Sports quarters.
