The Quarter Dollar is a United States coin worth 25 cents. From its inception until 1964, the denomination was issued in silver; it underwent several design changes, including finally the silver Washington quarter (1932 - 1964) featuring the first President of the United States on the obverse and the American Eagle on the reverse, issued then until 1998 in copper-nickel. The U.S Mint then embarked on several long term projects: the State Quarters series of 50 coins featuring each State from 1999 to 2008; in 2009, a six-coin series represented the District of Columbia and five US territories, and then the America the Beautiful program (2010 - 2021). After a brief interlude with a Washington commemorative quarter, the U.S. Mint started the American Women Quarters program in 2022.
Running until 2025, the program honours five women on five reverse designs per year, selected for "contributions to the United States in a wide spectrum of accomplishments and fields, including but not limited to suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and arts". The obverse depicts George Washington with a 1931 design by Laura Gardin Fraser.
The Stacey Milbern Quarter Dollar is the nineteenth release in the American Women Quarters Program.
Stacey Park Milbern (1987 - 2020) was a Korean-American disability justice activist. She helped create the Disability Justice movement and advocated for fair treatment of disabled people.
Stacey Milbern Quarter Dollars issued in 2025 have now been in circulation for less than one year. |
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At its centre, the obverse of the coin shows the portrait of George Washington, the first President of the United States (1789 - 1797), facing right. He has long hair, falling down in a queue.
The designer's initials LGF (for Laura Gardin Fraser) are in relief on the neck truncation.
Around above, the inscription LIBERTY. In smaller letters on two lines below left, the motto IN GOD WE TRUST.
Below right, the date of issue 2025, under which a small letter represents the mint mark.
Mint marks this year are D, P or S for Denver, Philadelphia or San Francisco mints respectively. |
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Reverse | |
The reverse design depicts depicts Milbern in a wheelchair, "speaking to an audience. She places one hand near her trach while her right hand faces palm up in a gesture meant to evoke a genuine exchange of ideas and the building of allyship".
Below left, the initials of the designer, EH (for Elana Hagler); above right, the initials of the sculptor, CAC (for Craig A. Campbell).
Around left near the rim, the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, followed by the denomination QUARTER DOLLAR.
Below that, STACEY PARK MILBERN. In a third row below, DISABILITY JUSTICE.
Facing outward below right, the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM ("Out of many, one" - signifying unity in diversity). |
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