The US Mint wants you to help choose the pioneering women that will appear on its new quarters
Following coins that put the spotlight on Duke Ellington, the.
Posted: May 11, 2021 3:01 PM
Posted By: CNN
Following coins that put the spotlight on Duke Ellington, the Tuskegee Airmen and Samoan fruit bats, a new run of quarters will call attention to pioneering American women.
It s part of the US Mint s American Women Quarters Program, which will stamp circulating quarters with the faces of women who have made significant contributions to the US. (George Washington s face will remain on the quarter s front, albeit with a new design.)
ATLANTA (CNN) Following coins that put the spotlight on Duke Ellington, the Tuskegee Airmen and Samoan fruit bats, a new run of quarters will call attention to pioneering American women.
It s part of the US Mint s American Women Quarters Program, which will stamp circulating quarters with the faces of women who have made significant contributions to the U.S. (George Washington s face will remain on the quarter s front, albeit with a new design.)
The first two honorees have already been chosen: esteemed poet Maya Angelou and gender-barrier-breaking astronaut Sally Ride.
The rest of the lineup will be decided by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen with input from the American public.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The American Women Quarters Program will celebrate the accomplishments and contributions made by women to the development and history of our country.
Beginning in 2022, and continuing through 2025, the U.S. Mint will issue up to five new reverse designs each year.
What pioneering American woman would you like to see featured on a run of US quarters?
The National Women’s History Museum wants to know your ideas.
The person you pick must be deceased.
So far, poet Maya Angelou and astronaut Sally Ride have earned the honor. Coins with their likeness will be out next year.
Maya Angelou to be one of first women featured on quarter
The incomparable poet and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou, will be one of the first women to have their likenesses imprinted on the quarter.
As part of a new program to honor history-making American women, Dr.
Maya Angelou will be featured on a new edition of the quarter set to be issued in January 2022.
The
U.S. Mint has announced seven different designs in honor of Angelou’s contributions,
ABC News reports. One portrays Angelou holding a cage in one hand and a blackbird in the other. Another design shows Angelou with her arms outstretched against a bird-shaped backdrop.