2023 - P and D Edith Kanaka'ole, American Women Quarter Series 2 Coin

• You will receive a Two Quarters one from each mint.
• P Mint is Philadelphia Mint.
• D Mint is Denver Mint.
• The Second 2023 Quarter in the American Women Quarter Program will feature Edith Kanaka'ole.
• The Edith Kanakaʻole Quarter is the seventh coin in the American Women Quarters™ Program.
  Edith Kanakaʻole was an indigenous Hawaiian composer, chanter, kumu
  hula, and a custodian of native culture, traditions, and the natural
  land. Her moʻolelo, or stories, served to rescue aspects of Hawaiian
  history, customs, and traditions that were disappearing due to the
  cultural bigotry of the time.
  

  Kanakaʻole, or “Aunty Edith”, as she is commonly known, was a
  renowned practitioner of and authority on modern Hawaiian culture and
  language. She learned hula from her mother, who was instructed by the
  acclaimed dancer Akoni Mika.

  Kanakaʻole believed that the oli, or Hawaiian chants, formed the
  basis of Hawaiian values and history. She started composing oli in 1946
  and choreographed hula to go with many of her chants.

  In the 1950s, she toured the contiguous United States, western
  Canada, and much of Asia with a hula group named after her daughter
  Nalani. She also founded her own hālau (hula school), Halau O Kekuhi.

  Kanakaʻole assisted in the development of the first Hawaiian language
  program for public school students at the Keaukaha School in Hilo. In
  the 1970s, she created college courses and seminars on subjects
  including ethnobotany, Polynesian history, genealogy, and Hawaiian chant
  and mythology.

  In 1979, she received the Distinction of Cultural Leadership award,
  the state’s highest honor. It is given to an individual who has made
  significant outstanding lifetime contributions to Hawai’i in areas of
  culture, arts, and humanities.

  Edith Kanakaʻole died on October 3, 1979. Her teachings, beliefs, and
  practices are maintained by the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation (EKF), a
  Hawaiian cultural-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in
  1990.

• The reverse (tails) features a depiction 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.
• 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.
• This will be the 7th
  quarter released as part of the United States Mint American Women Quarter Program.
  
  
• Find more in our Quarter Program Category.