Directs the U.S. Mint to produce a new $2.50 coin — both a circulating version (if technically and economically feasible) and a numismatic collector version — to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. The coin's design for the first five years (or two years, for the collector version) would reuse the imagery from the 1926 Sesquicentennial gold $2.50 coin: Liberty holding the Declaration of Independence on one side, Independence Hall on the other. Congress did something similar for the 150th anniversary in 1926. Mostly a commemorative gesture aimed at coin collectors and the general public, with feasibility and cost decisions left to the Treasury Secretary.
Congressional Summary
$2.50 for America’s 250th ActThis bill requires the minting of $2.50 coins to commemorate the 250th anniversary, or the semiquincentennial, of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must mint and issue a $2.50 circulating coin upon determining that such minting is technically feasible, economically feasible, and not cost prohibitive. The design of such a coin during the first five years of its issuance must be as described by the bill, however, subsequent designs may be selected by Treasury to celebrate the founding of the United States.Treasury may also mint and issue $2.50 numismatic coins (i.e., collectible coins) in silver, clad, and other alloys, including gold.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-09-30
- Date Added
- 2026-04-21
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