New coins will bring a change to your pocket change in 2026.

The United States Mint is set to roll out five new quarters and a dime to mark the nation's 250th anniversary. Officials unveiled the coins' designs at a ceremony Dec. 10 in the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, which is next door to a U.S. Mint facility.

The U.S. Mint will make the coins at its facilities in Philadelphia and Denver. The first coins are to appear in January, but some are to debut later in the year.

The ceremony was marked by speeches from dignitaries, including U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach and Kristie McNally, the U.S. Mint's acting director.

Benjamin Franklin, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln - their modern-day impersonators, anyway - mingled with the crowd. Members of the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps provided a presentation of colors to launch the ceremony and a spirited performance near its conclusion.

And at one point, an emcee made a doomed effort to lead the crowd in reciting a more formal term for the upcoming anniversary - semiquincentennial.

The coin designs finally appeared, albeit briefly, during a 3½-minute video that closed the ceremony.

Four U.S. presidents are to appear on newly designed quarters: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and James Madison.

A fifth quarter is to feature a man and woman representing the pilgrims who came to America aboard the Mayflower in 1620. That coin salutes the Mayflower Compact, an agreement signed by the colonists that's considered a precursor to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, according to the U.S. Mint.

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