Coins from three different U.S. Mint facilities go on sale today at noon EST with the launch of the 2024 Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray quarters. The release includes 100-coin bags, as well as sets of 25-coin rolls containing circulating quality quarters produced at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints.
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Today’s products mark the introduction for the first of five quarter designs of 2024 to be issued in the United States Mint’s four-year series of American Women Quarters™. This series saw its inaugural debut in 2022 and includes five new strikes annually through 2025.
"The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year program that celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women of the United States,’ describes the U.S. Mint website about the series. "The American Women Quarters may feature contributions from a variety of fields, including, but not limited to, suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The women honored will be from ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse backgrounds."
Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray was born on November 20, 1910. Unfavorable circumstances during her youth did not prevent her from excelling in her studies, ultimately leading to her enrollment as the only woman in her law school class at Howard University. She graduated at the top of her class and went on to pursue many civil rights and women’s rights cases, establishing herself as one of the most noted Civil Rights activists of her time. In 1977, she answered a religious calling and became an Episcopal priest. Murray passed away from pancreatic cancer in 1985.
Quarter Products and Prices
These newest quarter products, designed for collectors, are sourced from the production floors of three different U.S. Mint facilities. The options for the release include:
- Two-Roll Sets for $40 – containing 40 quarters produced at the Philadelphia Mint and 40 quarters produced at the Denver Mint
- Three-Roll Sets for $60 – containing 40 quarters from Philadelphia Mint, 40 from the Denver Mint and 40 from the San Francisco Mint
- 100-Coin Bags for $45 – buyers have the choice of 100 coins from either the Philadelphia or Denver Mint
The Philadelphia and Denver Mints strike the circulating coinage of the nation, so Murray quarters from these facilities will eventually end up in pocket change, as they started entering circulation on Jan. 2. Quarters struck at the San Francisco Mint, however, are produced solely for numismatic purposes, such as for the three-set rolls, making them more desirable to collectors.
Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray Quarter Designs
Appearing on the reverse (tails side) of each new quarter is a design showing Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray’s eyeglass-framed face within the shape of the word "HOPE." A line from her poem "Dark Testament" describing hope as "A SONG IN A WEARY THROAT" is featured as an additional inscription in the design.
Reverse inscriptions also include "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "25₵," "THE REVEREND DR. PAULI MURRAY," and "E PLURIBUS UNUM." The design was created by Mint Artistic Infusion Program Artist Emily Damstra. Sculpting is the work of United States Mint Chief Engraver Joseph Menna.
A common obverse (heads side) portrait of George Washington appears on all coins of the series. The effigy was originally created by Laura Gardin Fraser as a candidate to mark George Washington’s 200th birthday for inclusion on the 1932 circulating quarter dollar. Inscriptions are "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST," and "2024."
Quarter Specifications
| Denomination: | Quarter |
| Finish: | Uncirculated |
| Composition: | 8.33% nickel, balance copper |
| Weight: | 5.670 grams |
| Diameter: | 0.955 inch (24.26 mm) |
| Edge: | Reeded |
| Mint and Mint Mark: | Philadelphia – P Denver – D San Francisco – S |
| Privy Mark: | None |
Ordering and Limits
The U.S. Mint’s online catalog is the place to order the new rolls and bags of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray quarters.
100-coin bags have product limits of 8,250 with initial household order limits of 10. The two-roll sets have a product limit of 6,000 with household order limits of 3 while the three-roll sets have a product limit of 16,625 with a household order limit of 3.
U.S. Mint’s Women Quarters Program
The series of American Women quarter dollars was authorized by Public Law 116-330 and will include a total of twenty issues over four years at a rate of five per year. Each celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women to the development and history of the United States.
2022 quarters honor Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren, and Anna May Wong. 2023 quarters celebrate Bessie Coleman, Edith Kanaka’ole, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jovita Idar, and Maria Tallchief.
For the 2024 quarters, the following individuals will be showcased:
- Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray – poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest
- Patsy Takemoto Mink – first woman of color to serve in Congress
- Dr. Mary Edwards Walker – Civil War era surgeon, women’s rights and dress reform advocate
- Celia Cruz – Cuban-American singer, cultural icon, and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century
- Zitkala-Ša – writer, composer, educator, and political activist
These coins will also be featured in quarter clad proof sets, a quarter silver proof set, holiday ornaments as well as the traditional annual sets.
Announced later last year, the 2025 quarters will honor Ida B. Wells, Juliette Gordon Low, Dr. Vera Rubin, Stacey Park Milbern, and Althea Gibson.
