2022 United States Mint American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set

2022 United States Mint American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set (22WS)

The 2022 United States Mint American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set set contains 5 coins. Each of the five quarters bears the "S" mint mark of the United States Mint at San Francisco and are minted in 99.9 percent silver.

The 2022 set includes (5) Washington quarters honoring:

• Maya Angelou - celebrated writer, performer and social activist
• Dr. Sally Ride - physicist and first American woman in space
• Wilma Mankiller - first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
• Nina Otero-Warren - a leader in New Mexico's suffrage movement
• Anna May Wong - first female Chinese American Hollywood film star, director and producer

The American Women Quarters program is a four-year series celebrating the accomplishments and contributions made by women to the development and history of the United States.

Each coin in this series features a common obverse design depicting 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 include the date, LIBERTY, and IN GOD WE TRUST.

The American Women Quarters reverse designs honor diverse and notable American women who made significant contributions in a variety of fields including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space and the arts. The women honored are from ethnically, racially and geographically diverse backgrounds.

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