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2023-S Maria Tallchief Quarter PR DCAM Silver Values
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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. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the Mint will issue five quarters in each of these years. The ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of individuals honored through this program reflects a wide range of accomplishments and fields, including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts.
Obverse: The obverse (heads) depicts a portrait of George Washington originally composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser to mark George Washington’s 200th birthday. Though her work was a recommended design for the 1932 quarter, then-Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately selected the familiar John Flanagan design. Of Fraser, Deputy Director Gibson said, “I am proud that the new obverse design of George Washington is by one of the most prolific female sculptors of the early 20th century. Laura Gardin Fraser was the first woman to design a U.S. commemorative coin, and her work is lauded in both numismatic and artistic circles. Ninety years after she intended for it to do so, her obverse design will fittingly take its place on the quarter.”
Inscriptions are “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “2023.” The obverse design is common to all quarters issued in the series.
Reverse: The reverse (tails) depicts Maria Tallchief spotlit in balletic pose. Her Osage name, which translates to “Two Standards,” is written in Osage orthography.
Source: US Mint
Basic Information
GSID:
199045
Coin Date:
2023-S
Denomination:
25c / 25 Cents
Designation:
PR
Mint & Coinage Details
Mint Location:
San Francisco
Mintage:
278,649
Coinage Type:
American Women quarter
Coinage Years:
2023-2025
Composition:
99% silver; 1% copper
Mint Mark:
S
Varieties and Classification
Variety:
Maria Tallchief
Variety 2:
Silver
Physical Characteristics
Fineness:
0.99
Weight:
6.343 gr
Weight:
0.2067 oz
Precious Metal Weight:
0.2039 oz
Strike Type:
Proof
Diameter:
24.3 mm
Coin Shape:
Round
