2022 - D Maya Angelou, American Women Quarter Series 40 Coin Roll

• You will Receive one Roll of 40 coins.
• D Mint is Denver Mint.
• Mint roll wrapping may vary.
• The First Quarter in the American Women Quarter Program will feature Maya Angelou.
• Maya Angelou was a celebrated writer, performer, and social activist.
  She rose to international prominence as an author after the publication
  of her groundbreaking autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”
  Angelou’s published works of verse, non-fiction, and fiction include
  more than 30 bestselling titles.
• 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.
• The reverse 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 obverse 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.
• Inscriptions are "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" "MAYA ANGELOU" "QUARTER DOLLAR" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."
• This will be the 1st
  quarter released as part of the United States Mint American Women Quarter Program.
  
  
• Find more in our Quarter Program Category.