You might have one sitting in a drawer right now. A simple quarter from 1976 that most people glanced at once, thought was ...

First off, every 1976 Eisenhower Silver Dollar has two years on it – 1776 and 1976. These dates marked the 200 th Anniversary of American Independence. Secondly, not all the coins were minted in 1976.

The U.S. Mint is updating the look of circulating quarters, dimes and nickels in 2026 for the nation's 250th anniversary.