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S2952119th CongressWALLET

$2.50 for America’s 250th Act

Sponsored By: Senator Cynthia Lummis

Introduced

Summary

Creates two new $2.50 coin programs to mark the United States' semiquincentennial (250th). This bill would authorize a circulating $2.50 coin and a separate numismatic $2.50 collector series and set rules for their designs, materials, and issuance timing.

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  • Households: Allows a $2.50 circulating coin to be minted only after the Secretary of the Treasury determines minting is technically and economically feasible and not cost prohibitive.
  • Collectors: Authorizes numismatic $2.50 coins that may be struck in silver, clad, gold, or other alloys as the Secretary decides. The initial design period for the numismatic coins lasts two years and mirrors the 1926 Sesquicentennial $2.50 coin.
  • Mint operations: Requires coins to include features that make the denomination readily discernible and lets the Secretary prescribe the alloy and specifications. New designs may rotate every five years for the circulating coin and every two years for the numismatic coin.
  • Timing: Includes a Sense of Congress urging the coins be minted and issued by July 4, 2026, or as soon as technically and economically feasible.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Collector $2.50 Coin Program

This bill would let the Treasury mint $2.50 numismatic (collector) coins in silver, clad, gold, or other alloys the Secretary chooses. The Secretary would set specifications, varieties, quantities, and inscriptions in the Treasury's discretion. For two years after the first issue, the obverse would show the 1926 allegorical liberty with the Declaration of Independence and the reverse would show Independence Hall. Each coin would say "Semiquincentennial of the United States" and "1776-2026." Two years after first issuance, and every two years after that, the Secretary could pick a new founding-themed design. The bill also says, non-binding, that these collector coins should be issued by July 4, 2026, if feasible.

New $2.50 Circulating Coin

This bill would let the Treasury mint a new $2.50 circulating coin. The Secretary could only issue it after finding minting technically and economically feasible and not cost prohibitive. Each coin would need features to make its value easy to tell and be made of an alloy the Secretary chooses. For five years after the first issue, the obverse would show the 1926 allegorical liberty with the Declaration of Independence and the reverse would show Independence Hall. Each coin would say "Semiquincentennial of the United States" and "1776-2026." Five years after first issuance, and every five years after that, the Secretary could pick a new founding-themed design. The bill also says, non-binding, that the coin should be issued by July 4, 2026, if feasible.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cynthia Lummis

WY • R

Cosponsors

  • Shelley Capito

    WV • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Kevin Cramer

    ND • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]

    AK • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

  • Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 12/1/2025

  • Susan Collins

    ME • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2026

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