Overview
- The United States Mint announced on June 23 that it will produce 250,000 Declaration of Independence quarters bearing a special “July 4” privy mark and no mint mark.
- The coins will be mixed randomly with other 2026 Declaration quarters and distributed to banks and financial institutions in time for the Fourth of July rather than sold directly by the Mint.
- The obverse shows Thomas Jefferson with the dual date 1776–2026 and the reverse depicts the cracked Liberty Bell with inscriptions that identify the coin and its denomination.
- Because 250,000 is small compared with the total number of quarters in circulation, finding one in everyday change or bank rolls will be difficult despite the Mint’s randomized distribution.
- Collectors and dealers expect interest but say aftermarket value is uncertain until demand is seen, with past privy-marked issues offering only a rough precedent for possible secondary-market prices.