Coins

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    25th anniversary Sacagawea dollar

    Proposed designs for a half-ounce .9999 fine gold Sacagawea dollar to be issued in 2025 by the United States Mint, to recognize the 25th anniversary of the 2000 release into circulation of the manganese-brass clad Sacagawea dollar, were reviewed and recommended Feb. 18 by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.

    The U.S. Mint is preparing to strike the coins with a W Mint mark at the West Point Mint.

    Source – Coin World

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    2025-S American Women Quarters Proof set on sale late February

    Quarter dollars in the set are produced at the San Francisco Mint and will feature reverse designs recognizing, in order of release, Ida B. Wells, a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America; Dr. Vera Rubin, trailblazing astronomer; Stacey Park Milbern, disabilities rights advocate; and Althea Gibson, accomplished amateur tennis player and professional golfer.

    The clad composition comprises outer layers of an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel bonded to a core of pure copper.

    Source – Coin World