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First American Woman Quarter
In January of 2022, the United States Mint launched its American Women Quarter Program, a four-year initiative to honor the work and accomplishments of various American women by placing their images on new quarters being launched from 2022 to 2025. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, the American Women Quarters Program features coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women.
To mark the program’s start, the Mint released quarters bearing the likeness of writer, performer and activist Maya Angelou. Best know for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou is depicted on the coin with her arms outstretched in front of a rising sun and a bird in flight.