Coin Details:

2022 P D S QUARTERS American Women MAYA ANGELOU From BU Rolls 3 Coins PRE-SALE

The obverse (heads) depicts a portrait of George Washington, originally composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser to mark George Washington’s 200th birthday. A recommended design for the 1932 quarter, then-Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately selected the familiar John Flannigan design.

The reverse (tails) 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.

Obverse Inscriptions

LIBERTY

IN GOD WE TRUST

2022

Reverse Inscriptions

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MAYA ANGELOU

E PLURIBUS UNUM

QUARTER DOLLAR