[20210225]IF11394_四分之一和半美元硬币：历史和当前状态.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated February 25, 2021Quarter and Half Dollar Coins: History and Current StatusThe Secretary of the Treasury, through the U.S. Mint, is statutorily authorized to issue specific denominations of circulating coins (31 U.S.C. 5112). Currently, the United States has six circulating coinsdollar, half dollar, quarter dollar, dime, nickel, and penny. All coinage is also required to have certain design elements, including specific words such as “Liberty,” or “E Pluribus Unum.” Since 1930, the Mint has redesigned the quarter dollar four times (1932, 1976, 1997, and 2008), while the half dollar was last redesigned in 1964. In the 116th Congress (2019-2020), the Circulating Collectable Coin Redesign Act (P.L. 116-330) was enacted to authorize the further redesign of the quarter and half dollar coins issued between 2022 and 2030. Quarter Dollar Designs The first quarters were issued in 1796 and depicted Lady Liberty on the (front) obverse and an eagle on the (back) reverse. Since then, the quarter dollar has been redesigned four times: in 1932 to place President Washington on the obverse, in 1976 for the Bicentennial of the United States, in 1997 when the 50-