Following a “last call” reminder for its 2024 commemorative coins honoring Harriet Tubman and the Greatest Generation, the United States Mint has unveiled images of the 2025 commemorative coins, scheduled for release on Jan. 2.
Authorized by Congress, commemorative coins celebrate significant American people, places, events, and institutions. Produced by the U.S. Mint in limited quantities, each coin is available exclusively during its year of issue.
The Mint will kick off 2025 with commemoratives celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps. The program features three denominations, each sharing a common reverse design showcasing the Marine Corps’ official emblem – the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor – paired with unique obverse designs:
- $5 Gold Coin: The obverse showcases a Marine Corps color guard, symbolizing the Corps’ traditions and values. Mintage is limited to 50,000 coins.
- Silver Dollar: The obverse highlights the iconic flag-raising at Iwo Jima, a tribute to the bravery and sacrifice of Marines during World War II. Mintage is limited to 400,000 coins.
- Clad Half Dollar: The obverse features a modern Marine alongside a Continental Marine, representing the Corps’ 250-year evolution. Mintage is limited to 750,000 coins.
Each coin will be offered in both proof and uncirculated finishes, resulting in six individual options. Additionally, a three-coin proof set, limited to 15,000 sets, will be available, bringing the total number of product options to seven.
While pricing details for the commemorative coins have not yet been announced, their sales prices will include surcharges of $35 per gold coin, $10 per silver dollar, and $5 per half dollar. Proceeds from these surcharges, if the program generates a profit, will be directed to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation to exclusively support the mission of the Marine Corps Heritage Center.
More U.S. Mint images of the coins, along with information about their designers and sculptors, are provided below:
U.S. Marine Corps 250th Anniversary $5 Gold Coins
Obverse Designer: Donna Weaver
Obverse Sculptor: John P. McGraw
Reverse Designer: Donna Weaver
Reverse Sculptor: Craig A. Campbell
U.S. Marine Corps 250th Anniversary Silver Dollars
Obverse Designer: Ron Sanders
Obverse Sculptor: Phebe Hemphill
Reverse Designer: Donna Weaver
Reverse Sculptor: Craig A. Campbell
U.S. Marine Corps 250th Anniversary Half Dollars
Obverse Designer: Emily Damstra
Obverse Sculptor: Eric David Custer
Reverse Designer: Donna Weaver
Reverse Sculptor: Craig A. Campbell
For additional details, images, and the latest updates on these products, visit https://www.usmint.gov/coins/commemorative-coins/marine-corps-anniversary/.
I like that the reverse is the same on all three coins. The gold goes to the gold obverse; the silver to the silver obverse; and the bronze to the clad obverse.
It looks similar to the reverse that was used in the 2.5-oz and 1-oz silver and bronze medals, but with some lettering changes. I do like that the obverse are different.
The silver coin’s obverse looks similar to the 2005 silver $1 commemorative
It’s a ca$h cow for the Mint……every 15y or so….
For once, I actually really like these designs! This is a really nicely done coin(s)! These aren’t busy with too much on them, the coin(s) look amazing. I do not purchase Commemoritives plus I’m purchasing from the Mint any longer but if I was, I’d be inclined to get the gold $5 coins! Very attractive! Good job Mint. Can’t believe I just said that, lol!
Well, as always, Good Luck ALL!!!
Oorah.., Devil Dogs!
If my dad was still alive, I would buy every option for him. He was with the 4th Marine division serving at Roi-Namur, Kwalajein Atoll, Marshall Islands and 6th Marine Division serving at Guadalcanal, Ryukyu Islands and Okinawa. Cleaned out my mom’s house a few days ago and found his Ka-Bar knife in its leather sheath. Sheath has his initials carved in them. Lots of memories I am discovering. Semper Fi!!!
They didn’t call them ‘The Greatest Generation’ for nothing.
Your dad is a hero in my book, I thank him for his service!
And while I’m at it, a shout out goes to all service members and their families that have served.
Interestingly, I got the email from the Mint on Dec 10 announcing a last call for the 2024 commemoratives, but it gave no date as to when it would be ending. And I missed seeing a date in the article as well. In past years, commemoratives ended as early as Dec 14. They’re currently still for sale as of today, Dec 13.
Major D, the end date for sales of US Mint commemorative coins in December varies by year. December 28, 2022 was the final date to order US Mint 2022 commemorative coins.
Here is an updated list of the top-5 lowest mintage US Mint modern commemorative gold and silver uncirculated and proof coins: $5 Gold Uncirculated Commemorative mintage 2024 Harriet Tubman = 1227* 2024 Greatest Generation = 1,228* 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball = 1,507 2022 National Purple Heart = 1,688 2021 National Law Enforcement = 1,753 $5 Gold Proof Commemorative mintage 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball = 5,355 2021 National Law Enforcement = 5,864 2024 Harriet Tubman = 5,906* 2024 Greatest Generation = 6,095* 2017 Boys Town = 7,347 $1 Silver Uncirculated Commemorative mintage 2024 Harriet Tubman = 7,230* 2022 Negro Leagues Baseball… Read more »
Based on the mintages of $1 silver proof commemoratives, looks like we shouldn’t expect any more colorized coins in the near future.
IDK, I thought the 2022 NPH colorized silver dollar was a really nice coin, and it did well. Production was limited to 25,000 coins and final mintage was close at 24,871. I recall it selling out rather quickly.
The 2020 BB HOF colorized clad proof half dollar did better than the colorized silver proof dollar. And it had full color vs. partial (just the rim). I think sales of both were hurt by lack of press and PR due to Covid.
You’re probably right. Don’t get me wrong. I liked the color and I thought the Purple Heart design was the best of the trio. I just haven’t heard a peep about any more of them since 2022. I guess the same goes for concave/convex coins.
It’s a case of Limbo how low can the mintage/sale$ go. Lower and lower mintages, HIGHER AND HIGHER prices, hmmm, where’d I’d hear that??
chasing low mintage wonders is not a guarantee for profit. See prior prices of Jackie R. And Capital Visitor Centers BU $5……. same price as most now. Au spike has absorbed non intrinsic value. Seems like the market for modern US a commems is weakening over time…..
LOWEST MINTAGE COMMEMORATIVE CLAD PROOF HALF-DOLLARS
1. 2024 Harriet Tubman, mintage 17,495*
2. 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness, mintage 22,391
3. 2022 NLB, mintage 22,842
4. 2017 Boys Town, mintage 23,212*
5. 2024 Greatest Gen, mintage 23,242
6: 2020 Basketball HOF, mintage 26,584
7: 2019 American Legion, mintage 27,286
8: 2021 National Law Enforcement, mintage 27,698
9. 2022 NPH, mintage 27,799
10: 2020 Basketball HOF Colorized, mintage 32,614
I love these charts, Major. Please keep them coming.
Thx. Just adding the clad to the gold and silver that Rich posted. Thanks Rich!
LOWEST MINTAGE COMMEMORATIVE CLAD UNCIRCULATED HALF-DOLLARS
1. 2024 Harriet Tubman, mintage 6,615*
2. 2024 Greatest Gen, mintage 7,829*
3. 2022 NLB, mintage 9,793
4. 2021 National Law Enforcement, mintage 10,171
5. 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness, mintage 11,301
6. 2019 American Legion Clad Uncirculated Half, mintage 11,429
7. 2022 NPH, mintage 12,264
8. 2020-D Basketball HOF, mintage 13,635
9. 2017 Boys Town, mintage 15,561
10. 2015 National Park Service, mintage 21,328
11. 2020-S Basketball HOF Enhanced, mintage 22,565
Both the Tubman Proof and Uncirculated Silver Dollars are Sold Out.
Rick, REB, I’d like to congratulate both of you for having the Winning bids for the FHG w/230th Privy! It was a nerve racking Auction and you both knew what you wanted and were both successful! I’m envious of you both, no jealous which would be a bad a thing, just envious! I can only imagine what it’ll be like holding such a treasure. I have already received my three regular FHG, I got the one in OGP first but I haven’t opened it yet. It was hard waiting for my other two graded ones. I wanted to open up… Read more »
Thanks, AK.
Your comment about keeping one of your FHGs in its original packaging got me wondering – is there another hobby that encourages a collector to place the collectible in a “slab” or slab equivalent and to throw away the original packaging? I can sort of understand the slab for loose old coins that were generally not packaged for sale. But brand new coins? I’m puzzled.
REB, When I purchase from the Mint or a private individual, a coin I want, I only buy them in the original shipping box/package they are shipped out from the Mint that’s still sealed/unopened from the Mint because I do not want seconds or another word is cherry picked thru, if it’s been opened, it could have been cherry picked and it could have a problem. I also keep them sealed/unopened for two reasons. One is I am a PCGS First Strike, Flag Label guy, that’s my go to slab/holder. If I send it in, I want that label and… Read more »
AK Bob, what’s to stop the Mint from sending you something that’s been picked through? How would you know? Capsules are easily opened, and coins could be searched through and returned. Does the Mint send them in sealed card holders like RCM? An unopened shipping box just means the shipping box hasn’t been opened yet. It doesn’t say anything about the contents inside.
Major D, when I purchase from the Mint, it’s usually (99%) the first day of its release so there’s really not much chance of it being a reject or returned. I bet you already know the answer to one of your questions, let’s see if you can guess which one! 😉
AK Bob, I agree with you that first day of release would be best assurance. But then, don’t dealers get advance releases? I’m not saying this happens, but what’s to stop dealers from doing advance returns? I’ve received first day of release Silver Proof Sets where the coins inside a lens had fingerprints on them. How does this happen in an automated Mint production? As for the other question, yes- the US Mint doesn’t do sealed cards like RCM. I know a lot of folks think this like cheap for gold and silver, but I’d really like something that is… Read more »
I like the single source Maples
Thanks AKBob!
My Coin #32(a 69)wasn’t the coin that I was eyeing all along, it was coin #41(a 70).
But early on I knew I’d be priced out for a 70. So I went for the last 69 that has the Die variety that I had mentioned previously.
There was a Die change at coin #54.
Approx 40 coins(with a strong strike)out of the first 53 coins have the distinct Die markers.
Pure speculation on my part, so we’ll see what happens later.
I’m very pleased with my purchase, flop, or no flop!
Rick,
Yours appears to be one with the BERT or LIBERTY double die possibility. I noticed what appeared to be doubling on the early pics before the auction pics were posted. KCSO and I were discussing this possibility in a side conversation. Let us know when you get it and look at it closely to see if there is clear doubling of Liberty or the BERT part.
RT
LIBERTY
Thanks Shark I’ll take a look,
There has been some discussion on the laser frosted surfaces up against the field on some areas including many of the “Stars”.
But that could be something closer to a “strike doubling” scenario?, especially since they give these proofs around three pressings..
It’ll be a couple weeks before I get it because I’m milking the two week payment window that SBG gives you(to ’round-up’ funds in my case)..
PS: I think the presale flippers are using the SBG 2 week payment window so that their buyers can finance the coin purchase for them!
Rick, yeah my other thought was the laser doing the texture could have overshot and treated part of the field with the frosting texture to give that doubling effect. Let us know when you put it under the loop or microscope.
Thanks for the insights, AKBob. I enjoy hearing about other collectors’ strategies and interests.
Good work Bob…. I must go thru my pre 2000 ASE rolls. Not into slabbing these days but is is a necessary evil. IMHO P has loosened their standards, I’m actual
y gonna try the cAC slabbing….. P has gotten super pricey
REB, it would be foolish to throw away the OGP even if you slab the coin. Often, the OGP by itself is worth money.
I concur.
AP should,have got. Sheet…. Disgusting, dishonest and self dealing maybe…???? Great write up Bob, the FHG has made the USM fully DEAD to me….congratulations to. All who got one or more, but not the APs, Bulkers, Ponzi White and their Ringleader Ventris, lung to the old base since……. Rick wait for the fall…. Hardee har har
If k own or revealed what did the boys pay for the 2 230privy FHG….????
I’ve purchased the Low Mintage Wonder coin several times only to see its value drop dramatically and the “low” becomes just an average mintage coin 🙁
So true, bullion raise$ extinguishing non intrinsic value….
Here’s an interesting comparison, looking at the numbers of different quarters produced versus the number of commemoratives produced since alternating quarter designs were first introduced in 1999: States Quarters (1999-2009): P, D, S proof, S silver proof: 224 Commemoratives (1999-2009) gold, silver, clad (unc + proof): 58 ATB Quarters (2010-2021): P, D, S unc, S pr, S silv pr, S enh unc, W, S rev silv pr, 5-oz silv bullion (unc + burn unc): 416 Commemoratives (2010-2021): gold, silv, clad, special, silv medal, bullion: 112 AWQ Quarters (2022-2025): P, D, S unc, S pr, S silv pr: 100 Commemoratives (2022-2025):… Read more »
The quarters are completely out of control. The state quarters were the last time anyone looked at their change. ONE new design per year, please and thank you very much.
Indeed nobody really cares in the General Public and kids don’t use coins
Agree completely REB
REB, as it goes, I do think that there were some ATB and AWQ quarters with memorable and meritorious designs
You know Kaiser, the more I think about it I’ve come to the conclusion that the alternating quarters are a much closer representation of what the hobby used to be than most of the numi product catalog today. Whatever can be said about them, at least the P & D are real circulating coins.
Is there a Marine Commem set for 2028 yet…. Great subject but seemingly recycled design….
Seems to be on a 20-year cycle.
The Baseline Price for the 2024 Flowing Hair Gold w/o Privy is in:
TCV is selling………
2024 Flowing Hair Gold w/o the Privy Mark…..
NGC Advanced Release PR-70 UC……
$7,999.95
E 1, how long do you think it’ll be before these start growing “Legs”? I’m thinking the Dealers still selling these will keep the price fairly close to where they are now. So as long as Dealers have these and until they don’t, I don’t see any real “Legs” till that’s done with. Raw/ungraded/uncertified ones already have $1K+ premium from the Mint and the Dealers mark up on graded examples of another $1K+, so these are already selling consistently for about $2K over the release price of I think was $3640 or $3690. The inventory on Ebay is approx 300… Read more »
Wow! Platinum just surpassed Palladium (bid prices)
Anyone who wants the 2024 ‘star privy’ ASE’s, they’re on the Coin Vault website for $144.98 in MS70 NGC graded. I thought these were supposedly selling for $400 plus? So much for all the hype. The MS69’s are just $70. They still only have a little over $30 worth of Ag in them.
Craig, the ones that are going for $400+ are MS70 but they’re from the First 50,000 produced AND if they’re in a black core holder they’re even higher priced. I purchased five when they first were offered for $99 each. I sold them ALL the next day for $200 each. I made a quick $500. Now, those same ones are $500+each!! I purchased them about a month and a half ago, maybe more, I forget and they were just shipped to me today. I have not received them so I couldn’t have possibly shipped them out to My Buyers. They… Read more »
AKBob,
It’s called INTEGRITY. ! You’ve got it in spades, my man!!!!
DaveSWFL, Thank you Sir!! I appreciate that! 😉
Good on you, AKBob.
REB, Thank you, I really appreciate that! 😉
AkBob, May the force always be with you and keep on fighting the dark side. Concerning the Star ASE’s, why do folks think one from the 1st 50k is somehow a special collectable and must demand a sticky price point? I’m no Archimedes, but 50k doesn’t strike me as a limited item, or is it now called a subset, of 500k produced. I’ll bet Magic Mike, the alleged creator of modern era coin grading, goes to bed with a smile on his face seeing how collectors scramble for every new issue of graded coin labels. I often say it’s the… Read more »
Craig, Thank you very much! I do really appreciate the compliments from You AND Others here! 😉