2023 - P Bessie Coleman, American Women Quarter Series 40 Coin Roll

• You will Receive one Roll of 40 coins.
• P Mint is Philadelphia Mint.
• Mint roll wrapping may vary.
• The First 2023 Quarter in the American Women Quarter Program will feature Bessie Coleman. .
• Bessie Coleman was the first African American and first Native
  American woman pilot. She was also the first African American to earn an
  international pilot’s license.
  

  Coleman was born on January 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas during a time
  of overt racism and segregation laws. After being refused admission into
  every U.S. flying school she approached, Coleman learned French. She
  traveled to Paris in 1920 to attend the well-known Caudron Brothers’
  School of Aviation in Le Crotoy, France. She was the only student of
  color in her class.

  On June 15, 1921, Coleman received her international pilot’s license
  from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. She returned to the
  U.S. and performed in her first airshow in September 1922. She became
  known for “loop-the-loops” and making a figure 8.

  Coleman used her growing fame to tour the country, giving flight
  lessons, performing in shows, and encouraging African Americans and
  women to learn how to fly. She also made a point of refusing to speak or
  perform anywhere that segregated or discriminated against African
  Americans.

  Bessie Coleman died on April 30, 1926 as a passenger in a practice
  flight for a celebration in Jacksonville, Florida. Her flying career,
  although brief, inspires many young African Americans to pursue the
  field of aviation. Her legacy continues through the establishment of
  aviation clubs and tributes, including the 1995 U.S. postal stamp issued
  in her honor.

• The reverse depicts Bessie Coleman as she suits up in preparation for flight. Her
  expression is reflective of her determination to take to the skies, the
  only place she experienced a freedom she did not have on the ground.
• 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" "BESSIE COLEMAN" "QUARTER DOLLAR" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."
• This will be the 6th
  quarter released as part of the United States Mint American Women Quarter Program.
  
  
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