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
US Mint will soon feature women on quarters
By: Newsy
and last updated 2021-05-11 15:39:03-04
The U.S. Mint is celebrating women by rolling out a series of quarters featuring iconic women over the next four years.
The agency says that famed writer Maya Angelou and trailblazing astronaut Dr. Sally Ride will be the first distinguished American women celebrated on the reverse of the programâs circulating quarters.
As authorized by
Public Law 116-330 - the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 - the Mint will issue circulating and numismatic quarter-dollar coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of a prominent American woman beginning in January 2022.
US Mint wants your help choosing pioneering women for American Women Quarters program
Maya Angelou and Sally Ride will be first of 20
U.S. Mint
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.
Photo credit- @DrMayaAngelou- Twitter
The United States Mint announced that Dr. Maya Angelou and Dr. Sally Ride have been selected as the first two honorees in the American Women Quarters Program.
Maya Angelou had a prominent literary career and is known for books such as
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” which was published in 1970 and received international acclaim and landed on the best-sellers list.
“With more than 30 bestselling titles, Maya Angelou has written 36 books,” her website says.
According to NASA, Sally Ride was the first American woman to fly in space.
Angelou died in 2014 and Ride passed away in 2012. According to a statement released by the Mint, each woman honored on a coin must be deceased. Additionally, up to five different reverse designs will be issued over the four-year period, beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025.
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.)