How many Youth Sports Quarters will there be?

Twenty: five sports a year from 2027 through 2030, all sharing one new George Washington obverse.

What are the 2027 youth sports quarters?

Baseball, golf, soccer, softball and snowboarding. The Mint published the final designs on October 26, 2026.

When will the 2027 youth sports quarters be released?

The Mint had not announced release dates as of late October 2026. The law lets the program start on January 1, 2027.

Where can I buy the Youth Sports Quarters?

The 2027 Proof Set subscription on usmint.gov, approximately $107 and shipping in 2027, is the only product listed so far. Rolls, bags and other sets have not been announced.

Youth Sports Coin Collection: A Collector's Guide to the 2027 to 2030 Coins

Published 29 October 2026 · 7 min read · Youth Sports Quarters

The five 2027 Youth Sports Quarter designs, baseball, golf, soccer, softball and snowboarding, side by side on a navy background

The Youth Sports Coin Collection is the U.S. Mint's official name for its 2027 to 2030 program: 20 Youth Sports Quarters, five a year, plus four half dollars honoring Paralympic sports. The Mint published the final 2027 designs on October 26, 2026. Release dates, mintages and most products have not been announced.

Until this week, collectors called the series the Youth Sports Quarters and worked from panel recommendations and line art. Now there is a name, a complete sport list through 2030, and finished images of the first five coins. Here is how the whole set fits together and what a collector can sensibly plan for today.

What is the Youth Sports Coin Collection?

The collection comes from Public Law 116-330, the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, signed on January 13, 2021. It runs from 2027 through 2030 and has two parts:

Quarters: five a year, each with one youth sport on the reverse, 20 in all.
Half dollars: one a year, each honoring a Paralympic sport, 4 in all, with a new Kennedy portrait on the front.

That makes 24 designs over four years. The Mint announced the name, all 24 sports and the 2027 designs in its October 26, 2026 press release. Mint Director Paul Hollis said, "Participation in sports teaches teamwork, perseverance, and the value of working toward a common goal."

The same law also allows medals for each sport, 5-ounce silver bullion versions of the designs, and medals for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. As of late October 2026, none of those has been announced as a product.

Youth sports quarters list, 2027 to 2030

The table gives the full lineup as the Mint published it, with the Paralympic half dollar sport for each year. Our complete Youth Sports Quarters list has a page for every sport as designs come out.

Year	Quarters (five youth sports)	Half dollar (Paralympic sport)	Designs published?
2027	Baseball, golf, soccer, softball, snowboarding	Wheelchair basketball	Yes, October 26, 2026
2028	American football, swimming, gymnastics, lacrosse, track and field	Para climbing	No
2029	Basketball, wrestling, tennis, cheerleading, karate	Para ice hockey	No
2030	Figure skating, skiing, skateboarding, volleyball, ice hockey	Para snowboarding	No

The Mint describes the half dollar reverses as "emblematic of a sport tailored to athletes with a range of disabilities, including physical impairment, vision impairment and intellectual impairment." The quarters show young athletes; the 2027 half dollar shows an adult Paralympic athlete.

The 2027 Youth Sports Quarters, design by design

Each 2027 reverse carries the sport's name, the date 2027 and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. We matched each finished design to the candidate line art the review panels saw; the Mint itself did not publish design codes. Our 2027 quarters overview puts the five side by side.

Baseball

A young batter stands ready at home plate with the bat raised, a catcher crouches behind, and a section of fence fills in the background, with 2027 across the bottom. The coin is design BASE-01, the choice of both review panels.

Golf

A young golfer finishes a swing with the club over the shoulder, set against a background patterned like the dimples on a golf ball. This is GOLF-07, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee's pick.

Soccer

A young player throws both arms up in celebration beside an oversized soccer ball. The finished coin matches SOCC-01. The shirt in the Mint's image carries no number. See the soccer quarter page for the candidate history.

Softball

A batter swings at an incoming pitch with a catcher crouched behind, and the date 2027 sits on home plate. The coin is SOFT-04A.

Snowboarding

An airborne snowboarder grabs the board above mountains and evergreen trees, with scattered snow giving a sense of motion. This is SNOW-03, again a design both panels backed.

One Washington obverse for all 20 quarters

The Youth Sports Quarter obverse: George Washington in civilian attire at a three-quarter angle — The shared obverse: one Washington portrait for all 20 quarters. Image: United States Mint.

Every quarter in the series shares a single new front: George Washington "in civilian attire at a three-quarter angle," in the Mint's words, rather than the strict profile collectors know from 1932 to 2025. CoinNews reports that the Mint calls it the fifth distinct depiction of Washington on a U.S. quarter. The finished portrait matches candidate GW-01. The Washington obverse page compares it with GW-03A, the uniformed portrait the Commission of Fine Arts preferred.

For a collector, the shared obverse is a practical detail. The 2026 Semiquincentennial quarters each had their own front; this series goes back to one portrait, so the five sports on the reverse are what tell the 2027 coins apart.

How the 2027 designs were chosen

The Treasury Secretary picks the designs after review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) and consultation with the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA). The CCAC voted on February 24, 2026 (its letter to the Secretary); the CFA met on February 19, 2026 (its review record). The panels agreed on baseball and snowboarding. The CCAC's pick won for golf (GOLF-07, which had beaten GOLF-02 in a 6 to 5 roll call), softball and the Washington obverse. The CFA's pick won for soccer: the CCAC had rated SOCC-07 highest at 28 of 33 points, but the coin is SOCC-01. The CFA had asked for the number 47 on that player's jersey and for home plate to come off the softball design; neither change appears. The background on how the sports themselves were picked is on our how the sports were chosen page.

What is still not announced

As of late October 2026, the Mint has not published:

Release dates or the order in which the 2027 quarters will appear
Mintages for any of the coins
Prices or products other than the 2027 Proof Set listing
Designer and sculptor credits for the quarters
Any design for 2028, 2029 or 2030

The law lets the quarter program begin on January 1, 2027. That is a start date for the program, not an announced release date for any coin. We track announcements on the release dates page.

How to plan a complete youth sports coin collection

The only product listed so far is the 2027 Proof Set subscription. It includes the 2027 Youth Sports Quarters, one Native American $1, one Kennedy half dollar (new), a Roosevelt dime, a Jefferson nickel and a Lincoln penny, all with the S mint mark. It costs approximately $107, billed when it ships in 2027, with a product limit of 480,000. Our 2027 Proof Set post covers it in detail.

Everything else below is expected, not announced. It is based on how the Mint sold the American Women Quarters, its 2022 to 2025 quarter series:

Circulating quarters from Philadelphia (P) and Denver (D). The Mint sold earlier quarters in 100-coin bags from each mint, in two-roll P and D sets, and in three-roll sets that added San Francisco (S) coins.
Clad proof quarters (S) in a set of the year's five quarters, separate from the full Proof Set.
Silver proof quarters (S). The 2025 American Women Quarters had a silver proof set struck in 99.9% silver at San Francisco.

For the circulating side, a sensible target is one P and one D of each design: 40 quarters over four years, plus the half dollars. Pulling them from change costs face value, 25 cents a coin. Circulated modern quarters are worth face value, so there is no reason to overpay for an ordinary worn one.

Half dollars rarely turn up in change, so expect to get the four Paralympic coins from sets, rolls or bags rather than from a cash register. The 2027 coin, with the new Kennedy portrait and the wheelchair basketball reverse, is described on our 2027 Kennedy half dollar page.

Most people start with a printed list. Our free Youth Sports Quarters checklist has a box for every sport and mint mark, so you can mark coins off as each year's set appears.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Youth Sports Coin Collection?: It is the U.S. Mint's official name, announced October 26, 2026, for the 2027 to 2030 program of 20 youth sports quarters and four Paralympic sport half dollars, authorized by Public Law 116-330.
How many Youth Sports Quarters will there be?: Twenty: five sports a year from 2027 through 2030, all sharing one new George Washington obverse.
What are the 2027 youth sports quarters?: Baseball, golf, soccer, softball and snowboarding. The Mint published the final designs on October 26, 2026.
When will the 2027 youth sports quarters be released?: The Mint had not announced release dates as of late October 2026. The law lets the program start on January 1, 2027.
Where can I buy the Youth Sports Quarters?: The 2027 Proof Set subscription on usmint.gov, approximately $107 and shipping in 2027, is the only product listed so far. Rolls, bags and other sets have not been announced.

Sources

Published 29 October 2026. Facts checked against the sources listed above. The 2027 designs are final, published by the U.S. Mint on 26 October 2026; later years' designs are not chosen yet.