Today, Aug. 14, the United States Mint started shipping 2023 Jovita Idar quarters to Federal Reserve Banks and their coin terminals for distribution into circulation. This coin represents the fourth out of five distinct quarter designs for this year and the ninth in total from the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters™ Program.
At the beginning of the four-year series in 2022, the honored individuals include Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren and Anna May Wong. Quarters for 2023 extend the celebration to honor Bessie Coleman, Edith Kanakaʻole, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jovita Idar and Maria Tallchief.
Jovita Idar "devoted her life to fighting against separatist ideologies and sought to create a better future for Mexican Americans. Her legacy continues to encourage and empower future generations," said Mint Director Ventris C. Gibson.
On the reverse (tails side) of the new quarter, there is a portrayal of Jovita Idar with her hands clasped. Inscriptions within her figure represent her accomplishments, along with mentions of the newspapers for which she wrote. The image was designed and sculpted by U.S. Mint Medallic Artist John P. McGraw.
Obverses (heads side) for quarters in the program share a depiction of George Washington. This portrait was sculpted 90 years ago by Laura Gardin Fraser to mark Washington’s 200th birthday.
Quarters for circulation are produced at U.S. Mint production facilities in Philadelphia and Denver.
On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the U.S. Mint will make circulating Jovita Idar quarters available on their website at https://catalog.usmint.gov/. The quarters will be offered in a two-roll set, a three-roll set, and 100-coin bags, with prices ranging from $40 to $60. Of note, the three-roll set includes one roll of quarters produced at the San Francisco Mint. These quarters possess a higher level of uniqueness, as they will not be found in circulation like those minted in Philadelphia and Denver.
Por k teacher es la Sola palabra en Ingles describir Ella? Es dificil escribir profesora yo supongo
I take that back, they did say she was Mexican American rights too, I guess to ensure she got credit for being pro non white. But her other titles and professions are all in Spanish. Horribly and confusingly written in some cases. Hard to tell when some of the descriptions change or are part of other description. I can’t imagine the confusion of those that speak no Spanish at all. I wonder if the coa translates all the wording. As probably the only coin I know of that doesn’t have e pluribus unum, in God we trust, written at edge… Read more »
No me importa de una forma u otra! I haven’t collected any of these and really don’t care to. I’ll leave these to the coin hawkers and idiotas that buy them from feebay and such.
D & C,
I’m sure there is a dirty word in Spanish hidden somewhere in this “Where’s Waldo” coin design by a sneaky Mint engraver…
NumisdudeTX
LA Cruz Blanca. White devil. Or maybe white cross. Could go either way. Not for nothing, but notice the Edith coin releases and suddenly Maui is burning. Not from the fury of Pele (the volcano chick, not the lui Kang of soccer) tired of white man, but from an electric company issue. If that isn’t a reason for unky Joe to use taxpayer cash to rebuild the democratic state back with wind and solar I don’t know what does. Wonder how the electric vehicles faired in the fire. Maybe even started fire of their own.
Joe dissed Maui aina & is no friend of Maui ohana, when asked yesterday about the disaster he had “No comment”. WTF
Odd since his brother from another mother is from there. But fox covered it so it must be fake news. My guess cnn and others claim it an AI deep fake Russian collusion attempt. Plus all the screenwriters are on strike still so they can’t write the news like they were doing. Also why they are so upset that Republicans want to separate an upcoming new budget proposal to send Ukraine more aide from Maui aide is beyond me. Maybe trump on to something when he asked zelensky to send him info. Optics appears to me that all this aide… Read more »
D & C,
And where is Smokey the Bear??!! Is he on Summer vacation?
When I was a kid & saw his public service tv commercials, I thought he meant only me when he said “Only you can stop forest fires!”
Don’t worry because Oprah was in Maui yesterday, as she is the largest private owner of land on Maui.
NumisdudeTX
What would smokey do? He just said you can prevent forest fires, he never said he could put em out. But George strait could fly to that small town. They call him the fireman afterall
Hey Frankie
Major D,
Thank you for that wonderful “wanted” mug shot poster!
It should be mailed out to all Republican voters.
NumisdudeTX
When Trump goes to prison, will the Secret Service have to occupy the cells on each side of him? And what about the showers!
If military or paid by VA and you go to jail for over a certain time period (3 days i think) you lose your pay. Sounds like a which hunt. Witch hunt. Hard to say. While I don’t really have party loyalty or follow this stuff that closely, it says volumes that if I did vote, I’d probably go trump. But here’s the rub. If he is found guilty, should still let him run. If he wins its very telling. But if he guilty, I’m sure as close as last race was he lose enough supporters, or probably more accurately,… Read more »
I’m not crazy about Biden, but Trump is crazy. Aye, there’s the rub.
Dazed and Coinfused, You brought up a great point, one I have been wishing for ages that people in general could understand. Consider this: If a person is half white and half black, what is it about this that makes them any more black than it makes them white? To say they are black, and this is regardless of which side of the racial divide the depiction is coming from, is to believe in the “dilution of whiteness”, which is rather obviously a racist interpretation. Obama was just as much a white man as he was a black man. The… Read more »
Or, I could be full of fertilizer up to my eyes and that makes no sense.
Will they all just happen to call in sick on the same day the cameras are down for maintenance and Hillary in town for a book signing.
No books being signed or written now. Ghostwriters all on strike.
What the term “rogue’s gallery” was invented for.
Electric vehicles might just burn the whole darn country to the ground.
“Pro non white”? That’s a new one to me. Does that mean white supremacists will instead now be called “Not fans of melanin”? And here I thought ebonics was weird!
Severe melanin allergy. Or caucus mountain summiters
Could this be related to metallurgy? And caca mound summoners?
Easy for you to say.
Yeah, somewhere. No where around here. The Eleanor Roosevelt AWQs haven’t been issued here yet, and this is a major city. Last year was good but this year is lousy.
I’m glad I don’t base how great my year is on whether or not I can find some common quarters.
Craig,
I have no choice but to hold you responsible for depriving my life of all meaning.
To each his own but this is not my favorite design.
I think it’s the best design in the series. I really like the minimalist, clean background. Very dignified looking I’d say. The clothing looks textured until you look closely and see it’s made of lettering. This one is art.
I couldn’t agree more, Major D. This is without a doubt a numismatic masterpiece!
Entering somebody’s stash or salted away by LoomisTM Or BofA tellers till they hit the streets in a few years. These women quarters don’t circulate and asking for a roll at the bank is like asking for free food @ McDs
McDonald’s may not give free food easily, except during monopoly game, but if you are a bad parent and give your autistic kid a hot chicken nugget they’ll give you several million dollars. All you gotta do is let your child suffer longer, allowing burns to be more severe by filming it for the lawyers. I mean I know cardboard is an insulator, buy no way 180 degree nuggets heat can’t be felt through the box. That mammie just wanted to shut her kid up so she gave em Mickey Ds. But if we all get food poisoning from undercooked… Read more »
D & C,
“Miss Minnie don’t burn no fried chicken!” – Octavia Spencer, “The Help”.
NumisdudeTX
The nanny state mentality didn’t take very long to expand into a nanny private enterprise mode of perception. No work and all gimme, gimme, gimme instead!
It takes a village, but what happens when your village contains the only clown college (whole village is idiots)
This is the place. “The Villages”, age-restricted (read middle or old-age) community in Florida, as seen with its own clown cars for everyone. More-or-Lessgo graduates move here to misbehave further.
2 girls for every boooooy. Actually I think it’s 4 to 1
And this is the sad truth, the highest rate of STDs in America.
Donde esta un muestra o Senora ? Que
Jose can you see…
If so, keep walking till you start seeing one with a huge maple leaf
I’m perplexed, Dazed and Coinfused, since that has nothing to do with what I said. In fact, it is an absolute certainty that I’m infinitely more patriotic than the relentlessly violent insurrectionists who invaded our nation’s Capitol Building and the lying sociopathic traitor who incited them to do so. As Edith Ann was given to saying, “And that’s the truth!”
It implies, Jose, if you see the American flag, keep walking till ya see the Canadian one. We got thousands of Hawaiian that need refuge. Border closed. Under construction. Detour ahead. We have plenty of influencer that can work. And obviously, being a rapper is dangerous, so they can learn roofing.
Sorry about that. I mistook the thrust of your comment by a full 100%. Goes to show what can happen when I have my head on backwards.
Very nice. I’m impressed. You really did good with this project.Great work!
By far the ugliest US quarter EVER.