[20210225]IF11773_重新设计流通季度、半美元和美元硬币：当前和未来的设计.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 25, 2021Redesigning Circulating Quarters, Half Dollars, and Dollar Coins: Current and Future DesignsIn January 2021, the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-330) was enacted. The legislation authorizes the redesigns of the circulating quarter dollar, half dollar, and $1 coins to be issued between 2022 and 2030. Generally, coins are either circulating (i.e., sold by the U.S. Mint to the Federal Reserve for distribution to American financial institutions and used as money to exchange for goods and services) or commemorative (i.e., sold by the Mint to collectors to honor someone or something). The U.S. Mint also produces precious metal coins. Quarter-Dollar Coins In 1796, the U.S. Mint issued the first quarter dollar, depicting Lady Liberty on the (front) obverse and an eagle on the (back) reverse. Between 1932 and 2020, the quarter dollar was redesigned four times. These changes included placement of President Washington on the obverse (1932), the Bicentennial of the United States (1976), 50 state quarter program (1997), and the America the Beautiful national parks and historic sites in each state (2008). The America th