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2023-D Edith Kanakaʻole Quarter MS Values
Details
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 a portrait of Edith Kanakaʻole, with her hair and lei poʻo (head lei) morphing into the elements of a Hawaiian landscape, symbolizing Kanakaʻole's life’s work of preserving the natural land and traditional Hawaiian culture. The inscription "E hō mai ka ʻike" translates as “granting the wisdom,” and is a reference to the intertwined role hula and chants play in this preservation.
Source: US Mint
Mint & Coinage Details
Mint Location:
Denver
Mintage:
368,600,000
Coinage Type:
American Women quarter
Coinage Years:
2022-2025
Composition:
75% copper; 25% nickel
Mint Mark:
D
Varieties and Classification
Variety:
Edith Kanakaʻole
Physical Characteristics
Weight:
5.67 gr
Weight:
0.1823 oz
Strike Type:
Business
Diameter:
24.3 mm
Coin Shape:
Round
Design Details
Designer:
Lara Gardin Fraser, Emily Damstra
Obverse Lettering:
LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, 2023, D
Obverse Designer:
Lara Gardin Fraser
Reverse Designer:
Emily Damstra
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