U.S. Mint Releases 2022 American Women Quarters Proof Set

U.S. Mint Releases 2022 American Women Quarters Proof Set

U.S. Mint Releases 2022 American Women Quarters Proof Set
 
These five new quarters released by the U.S. Mint honor remarkable women. These coins have a gleaming proof strike and were struck at the San Francisco Mint. The term proof refers to the method of manufacture and not the condition of the coins. They are the first coins released in the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters™ series, that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women to the development and history of the United States. It is scheduled to run for four years with five different reverse quarter designs issued annually. This year’s quarters honor:
 
Maya Angelou – celebrated author
Dr. Sally Ride – physicist and first American woman in space
Nina Otero-Warren – a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement
Anna May Wong – first Chinese-American film star in Hollywood
 
Along with their unique design, each quarter reverse carries the honored individual’s name and inscriptions of "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "E PLURIBUS UNUM," and "QUARTER DOLLAR."
 
All coins in the quarter series bear the same obverse (heads side) portrait of George Washington. This design was originally created by Laura Gardin Fraser as a candidate entry for the 1932 quarter which would eventually portray the John Flanagan portrait of the first U.S. President. Inscriptions on the obverse read "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST," and "2022."