The first coins in the American Women s Quarter Series will feature Maya Angelou and Sally Ride (Credit US Mint)
The quarter dollar is both the most commonly-used coin in the American currency and the most unique. Since 1999, the coin s reverse, or tails, side has showcased all 50 US states, as well as the breathtaking beauty of the country s national parks. Now, the US Mint plans to use the silver canvas to celebrate female leaders who have played a crucial part in shaping the nation s history.
The American Women s Quarter Program, which was unveiled on April 12, 2021, will last four years. According to the US Mint, it will feature 20 women “from a wide spectrum of fields including, but not limited to, suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The leaders will come from “ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds.” While the quarter s front, or obverse, side, will continue to feature a likeness of the
Maya Angelou Among Historic Women To Appear on Newly Designed Quarter
The late poet joins Sally Ride as the first features in a new coin series honoring American women. Maya Angelou, L, depicted on new quarter design as part of “American Women Quarters” series | Photo courtesy of US Mint
The U.S. Mint has announced the first two women to be honored on coins issued under the “American Women Quarters Program.” The late, illustrious writer Maya Angelou and trailblazing astronaut Dr. Sally Ride will be the first distinguished American “sheroes” to be celebrated on the quarter. Circulation is slated to begin in 2022.
May 17, 2021
I have a pretty massive coin collection of over 1,200 coins!! And I always get excited any time there s a new coin series announced!
Since 2010, the US Mint has been issuing quarters featuring designs depicting national parks and other national sites, but that program wraps up this year with coins featuring Duke Ellington, the Tuskegee Airmen and Samoan fruit bats. After that for one year, the reverse of our quarters will depict George Washington s famous crossing of the Delaware River.
But then in January 2022, the US Mint is launching their American Women Quarters Program , honoring pioneering women from throughout our country s history.
US Mint wants your help choosing pioneering women for American Women Quarters program
Maya Angelou and Sally Ride will be first of 20
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A samples of the new quarter coming out in 2022 that on the tail side will show images of poet Maya Angelou.
By: Isabella Meneses ABC News
Posted at 5:50 AM, May 11, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-11 05:50:40-04
Expect a change in your pocket change next year.
The United States Mint last month announced that poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou and NASA astronaut Sally Ride will be the first two women featured on the quarter as part of the American Women Quarters program.