President Donald Trump signed the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act in 2021, authorizing the 2026 semiquincentennial coinage.
The act originated as legislation introduced in 2020 and authorized special circulating coin designs through 2030. It included commemorative designs for the 250th anniversary of American independence, including five quarter dollars and anniversary treatments for other denominations.
Although the law was passed by Congress during Trump’s first administration, it was signed in 2021, after the 2020 presidential election. This timing can cause confusion because Joe Biden was president during the law’s signing year, but the legislation was signed by Trump in 2021 according to the coinage record.
The act also authorized the American Women Quarters Program and other future circulating commemorative programs. Coin designs were later reviewed through Treasury processes involving the Commission of Fine Arts and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.