Philadelphia hosted the 2026 America250 coin-design announcement at the National Constitution Center.
The United States Mint announced the semiquincentennial coin designs at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on December 10, 2025. Philadelphia was a fitting location because it was the meeting place of the Second Continental Congress and the city associated with the Declaration of Independence.
The city also contains Independence Hall, where Congress debated and adopted the Declaration in 1776 and later met during the Constitutional Convention. Its historic sites make Philadelphia central to both the independence and constitutional chapters represented in the anniversary coin program.
Washington, D.C., is the modern federal capital and hosted many America250 activities, but it was not the city named for this coin announcement. Boston is strongly associated with the Revolution, while New York City served as the first U.S. capital under the Constitution.