On the 2026 America250 Constitution quarter, the Independence Hall clocks show 2:50.
The time is a visual reference to 250, the number of years commemorated by the United States Semiquincentennial. The coin’s design pairs Independence Hall with a subject central to the anniversary: the United States Constitution and the constitutional system that followed the Revolution.
The Constitution quarter is one of five 2026 quarters created for the semiquincentennial coin program. Other designs recognize the Mayflower Compact, the American Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address.
Independence Hall has a special connection to the program because the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence there in 1776, and the Constitutional Convention met there in 1787. The building’s clocks are therefore more than decorative imagery. The 2:50 setting is a design clue, not a claim about the exact time of either historic meeting.