Five special quarter-dollar designs were authorized for America’s 250th anniversary.
The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 authorized a series of five quarter designs for the United States Semiquincentennial. The quarters were intended to symbolize the anniversary and to bring commemorative themes into ordinary circulation.
The quarter series was part of a broader provision covering six denominations of circulating coins: the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, and dollar. Thus, five refers specifically to the number of quarter designs, not the number of coin denominations included in the law.
The legislation required one of the quarter designs to depict women’s contributions to American independence. The Treasury secretary was responsible for final design selection, after consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts and review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.