On the 1926 United States Sesquicentennial quarter eagle, which building appears on the reverse?

Independence Hall appears on the reverse of the 1926 United States Sesquicentennial quarter eagle.

The quarter eagle was a $2.50 gold commemorative coin issued for the 150th anniversary of American independence. Its reverse depicts Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the building where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated and adopted.

The building was known originally as the Pennsylvania State House. It became associated with the Declaration after the Second Continental Congress met there in 1776, and it later hosted the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The coin’s image therefore links the 1926 anniversary not only to independence but also to the creation of the federal constitutional system.

The quarter eagle’s obverse shows Liberty holding a scroll and torch. The image of Independence Hall is sometimes confused with the Liberty Bell, which appears on the reverse of the companion Sesquicentennial half dollar. Both symbols belong to Philadelphia’s revolutionary history, but they occupy different coins.