The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee will meet online on October 6, 2026, to review proposed designs for two future coin programs. On the agenda are four states in the 2028 American Innovation $1 series and three characters in the 2027 Comic Art coin and medal series. Collectors can watch the public meeting from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time.
This is a chance to follow how a coin design takes shape. The drawings are candidates, not an announcement of final designs or coins ready to buy. The committee, known as the CCAC, gives advice to the Treasury secretary.
When and where: Tuesday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern, by videoconference. Open the U.S. Mint's YouTube Live tab and look for the October 6 meeting. Public access is for watching, not taking part in the discussion.
What is on the October 6 agenda?
The official meeting notice, published September 24, lists three tasks. The panel will consider its fiscal year 2026 annual report. It will also review the 2028 American Innovation dollar candidates and the 2027 Comic Art candidates.
The CCAC meeting page now links to the design files. Its Innovation set covers Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota and South Dakota. Its Comic Art set covers Aquaman, Batgirl and The Flash. Those are separate programs, even though they share a meeting date.
The years can be easy to mix up. October 6, 2026, is the date of the review. The dollar designs are for 2028, while the Comic Art designs are for 2027. A future issue year does not supply a day when orders will open.
Four states, four different kinds of innovation
The Mint's 2028 design descriptions explain the subjects behind the dollar candidates. Each state has more than one drawing under review. The codes below identify those drawings; they are not mint marks or coin varieties.
| State | Subject under review | Candidate codes |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | Center pivot irrigation | NE-01, NE-02 |
| Colorado | Mosco variety of the Pueblo Chile | CO-01, CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-07 |
| North Dakota | Unmanned aircraft systems | ND-02, ND-03A, ND-05, ND-06 |
| South Dakota | Mary Good Elk Woman and Frederick Dupree's buffalo conservation work | SD-02, SD-04 |
Nebraska and Colorado bring farming into focus
Nebraska's subject is a watering system that moves around a fixed point in a field. Its two drawings pair the equipment with corn and soybeans. One shows the system at work; the other uses a more stylized view of its sweep across the land.
Colorado's subject is a particular pepper, the Mosco Pueblo Chile. The options range from a plant with a mountain backdrop to a seed packet and a bundle of chiles. Some show the fruit growing upward, a key trait described in the Mint's notes.
North Dakota and South Dakota take different paths
North Dakota's theme is unmanned aircraft: drones and the systems that support their flight. The drawings include aircraft above a landscape, a view over the United States and a drone with a radar tower. Watch how each artist fits both the machine and the wider network into the design.
South Dakota's two options honor Mary Good Elk Woman and Frederick Dupree and their family's work to preserve buffalo. Both include a calf. One shows the couple standing with it; the other adds a grazing herd and Bear Butte in the distance. The subject is their conservation work, not simply a generic buffalo portrait.
Aquaman, Batgirl and The Flash are also under review
The meeting files include a separate portfolio for each of the three Comic Art characters. A portfolio is a group of proposed drawings. It lets viewers compare different poses, scenes and layouts before a final design is chosen.
Read the labels as carefully as the images. The Comic Art design notes identify preferences from Warner Bros. Discovery. A preference recorded in those notes is not a CCAC recommendation or final Treasury approval. Nor is a drawing a photograph of a struck coin.
How to follow the review without losing track
Before the stream, choose a program and keep its design file open. For each drawing that catches your eye, note the state or character and the full code. For example, a note about ND-03A should keep the letter A; it is part of that candidate's label.
Then keep three things separate in your notes: the design you like, the advice the committee gives and the final choice announced later. Those steps may lead to the same artwork, but they are not the same event. This simple record makes later news much easier to follow.
The October 6 review is also separate from the 2027 youth-sports quarter program and the Working Dogs commemorative designs. A shared year does not make them one series.
Check the CCAC meeting page again before watching in case access details change. Afterward, look there for the meeting records. The site explains that documents may take time to appear while they are checked for accessibility. Until final designs and sale details are announced, keep those spaces in your collecting notes open.
Checked October 2, 2026 against the official meeting notice, CCAC meeting files and Mint design descriptions. The header shows U.S. Mint headquarters in Washington, D.C.; the October 6 meeting is remote. Photograph by APK via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Photo resized proportionally; CoinHub text and branding added around it. No endorsement implied.
