2023-S American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set

Get The First Five Coins In The American Women Quarters Series

For centuries, the contributions of women have been relegated to mere footnotes in world history. That has changed over the last several decades, however, and today textbooks that once paid little attention to their accomplishments now include full discussions of major topics and viewpoints in women’s history. Women are also getting their due thanks to the United States Mint’s in American Women Quarters Series. A four-year program that began in 2022, the Mint is releasing five new quarter designs each year from 2022 to 2025 celebrating some of the most important and influential women in American history. And now the 2023 edition is here!

What’s more, each coin was struck by the San Francisco Mint from hand-selected planchets, polished dies and multiple strikes to produce beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields. These highly pure 99.9% fine silver coins shine with the brilliance that the San Francisco Mint is famous for all around the world.

A Diverse Group Of Prominent American Women

These quarters honor a broad and diverse group of prominent American women who made significant contributions in a variety of fields, including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The women honored are from ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds. The five women honored in 2023 include:

• BESSIE COLEMAN. Bessie Coleman (1892–1926) was a pilot, advocate, and pioneer who flew to great heights as the first African American and first Native American woman pilot and first African American to earn an international pilot’s license. She died in a plane crash after a wrench used to service the engine had jammed the controls.
• EDITH KANAKA'OLE. Edith Kanakaʻole (1913–1979) was an indigenous Hawaiian composer, chanter, kumu hula, and custodian of native culture, traditions, and natural land. Affectionately called “Aunty Edith,” she also led the highly celebrated dance school, Hālau o Kekuhi.
• ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. Former First lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) was an author, civil liberties and human rights advocate, Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, and was instrumental in the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• JOVITA IDAR. Jovita Idar (1885–1946) was a Mexican-American journalist, teacher, political activist, and civil rights worker who championed the cause of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants. She helped organize the first Mexican American civil rights conference in 1911 to address racism, lynching, and dismal educational opportunities for Mexican American children.
• MARIA TALLCHIEF. Maria Tallchief (1925–2013) was America’s first major prima ballerina who broke barriers as a Native American ballerina. In 1947, she became the first American to dance with the Paris Opera Ballet and was the prima ballerina of first the Ballet Society, a forerunner of the New York City Ballet, and then the American Ballet Theatre, also in New York.

Laura Gardin Fraser’s Beloved Washington Design

In addition to the one-year-only designs, this series features a new obverse design by American sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser that features a portrait of George Washington facing right, surrounded by the inscriptions “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “2022.” Fraser originally created this design in 1931 as her entry in the competition for the 1932 Washington Quarter that was struck to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth. Her design was recommended by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, but John Flannigan’s left facing Washington design was ultimately selected. Fraser’s obverse design was later used in 1999 on the George Washington Commemorative Gold $5 Coin.

Sold Out At The U.S. Mint

Here’s your chance to not only acquire all five second-year, one-year-only quarters for 2023, but you can secure them in gorgeous Proof condition. Plus, this this beautiful set will come beautifully displayed in a protective lens and accompanied by a Mint-issued Certificate of Authenticity. Make sure they shine brightly in your collection and secure the 2022-S American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set—and do it now because they sold out at the U.S. Mint on the first day they were released!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• THE SECOND YEAR OF AMERICAN WOMEN QUARTERS SERIES – The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year program featuring some of the most important and influential women in American history. These are the second five quarters in the series and honor the accomplishments of Bessie Coleman, Edit Kanaka'ole, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jovita Idar, and Maria Tallchief.
• NEW OBVERSE DESIGN – Acting as the unifying element of the program, this series will feature a new obverse design by American sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser that shows her portrait of George Washington from 1931.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each coin was struck in 6.19 grams of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measures 24.26 mm in diameter.
• UNITED STATES LEGAL TENDER – These one-year-only coins were struck at the San Francisco Mint and are 25 cents legal tender in the United States.
• GORGEOUS PROOF CONDITION – Each coin in your 2023-S American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set comes in gorgeous Proof condition with frosted details rising over mirror-like fields.
• SOLD OUT AT THE U.S. MINT – This proof set was sold out at the U.S. Mint on the first day they were issued!

Don’t miss your chance to acquire the 2023-S American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set™ featuring the five quarters from the seconds year in the U.S. Mint’s four-year series. Click it to your cart today!