The United States Mint is geared up to release another American Women quarter dollar today beginning at 12pm EST. The third release in the inaugural year for the series, Wilma Mankiller will be featured on the reverse of the coins.
Available in 100-coin bags, two-roll sets, and three-roll sets, the coins will come from Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco (three-roll sets only). However, the Mint is making it clear that due to demand, the full production of each of the available products are all accounted for through enrollments. They encourage those still interested to sign up for product reminders in case inventory is once again available.
The first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and an activist for Native American and women’s rights, Wilma Mankiller is depicted on the reverse design with a gaze fixed upon the future. She is wrapped in a traditional shawl with a seven-pointed star of the Cherokee Nation to her left. “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” “QUARTER DOLLAR,” “WILMA MANKILLER,” “PRINCIPAL CHIEF,” and “CHEROKEE NATION” are inscribed throughout. It was designed by AIP Designer Ben Sowards and sculpted by Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill.
The common obverse of each coin features a portrait of George Washington. Originally created and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser as an entry for the design of the 1932 quarter, the portrait of the first President of the United States honored the bicentennial of Washington’s birth. Inscriptions feature the words “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “2022.”
Source: United States Mint
