2022 BU & Proof American Women Quarters Maya Angelou

2022 American Women Quarters Maya Angelou

BU Quarters are Brilliant Uncirculated in Mint State Condition from Mint Rolls and Mint Sets hand picked.

AU/BU Quarters have Bag Marks, Spots, and Scratches. Still a nice coin.

** S Mint BU Coin Notice**
The only way to get S Mint BU Coin is from a United States Mint Wrapped Roll.
S Mint Roll is only available in the 3 Roll Set. The Roll Sets sell out immediately.
The mintage is very low for these quarters. Get them now while they are available.

Proof Quarters Clad and Silver are GEM Proofs

Packaged in 2 by 2 Archival Safe Flip

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Maya Angelou is the 1st Quarter issued by U.S. Mint

Angelou’s remarkable career encompasses dance, theater, journalism, and social activism. She appeared in Broadway and off-Broadway plays, including Cabaret for Freedom, which she wrote with Godfrey Cambridge. At the request of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., she served as northern coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1978, she was a National Book Award judge for biography and autobiography. Angelou read On the Pulse of Morning at the 1992 inauguration of President Clinton. Angelou’s reading marked the first time an African American woman wrote and presented a poem at a presidential inauguration. She was also only the second poet in history to do so, following Robert Frost, who recited a poem at President Kennedy’s inauguration in 1961. Angelou received more than 30 honorary degrees and was inducted into the Wake Forest University Hall of Fame for Writers. In 2010, President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was also the 2013 recipient of the Literarian Award, an honorary National Book Award for contributions to the literary community. Obverse Side The common obverse side depicts a portrait of George Washington. This design was originally composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser as a candidate entry for the 1932 quarter, which honored the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth. Inscriptions are LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, and 2022. Reverse Side The reverse side design depicts Maya Angelou with her arms uplifted. Behind her are a bird in flight and a rising sun, images inspired by her poetry and symbolic of the way she lived. The silhouette of the bird depicts a Purple Martin, a songbird common to Angelou’s birthplace. Inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, QUARTER DOLLAR, MAYA ANGELOU, and E PLURIBUS UNUM.