Very cool ! I got one of the new Sally Ride quarters yesterday.

[eppur_se_muova]

Although it was in my pocket change, it was so shiny and bright it could almost pass for BU. I think someone didn't know they weren't supposed to slip this into the register drawer !

The details are *VERY* sharp, even at actual size, and I have to say it is a very nicely rendered design for a coin. Kudos to the artists.

On the obverse, George now sports a ponytail, which he probably did as a soldier in the field.



https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/american-women-quarters

[elleng]

1. Very cool!

Thanks for the reminder!

[Sanity Claws]

2. Both side are cool but both are heads

Can’t use it for a coin toss.
George got an updated doo with a rat tail.

[Fla Dem]

3. Me too!

[CTyankee]

4. Money? What's that?

I just never use it anymore. My debit card is easy and fast. Why does anyone carry cash money any more?

[Emile]

5. The mint will issue 5 new reverse designs each year. Time to start collecting!

I'm still working on filling my National Parks quarter album. States album filled a long time ago.

[Emile]

6. Here are the first 5 quarters of the new set!

Maya Angelou – celebrated writer, performer, and social activist
Dr. Sally Ride – physicist and first American woman in space
Wilma Mankiller – first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation
Nina Otero-Warren – a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement
Anna May Wong – first female Chinese American Hollywood film star, director, and producer

[hunter]

7. I wish coins had more purchasing power.

If I was Emperor of the Earth I'd make coins a separate and stable currency, universal and strictly managed to resist inflation.

A "quarter" sized coin in my empire would buy you the local equivalent of a hamburger, fries, and a drink wherever and whenever you were -- 1950, 1970, 1990, 2010, or today. If you gave a kid a quarter it would have the same value it did when that kid's grandparents were kids.

Actually, I'd link my universal coinage to the price of beer, not fast food. For a quarter you could walk into any pub in the world, put a quarter down, and they'd give you a pint of beer that 85% of all beer drinkers find acceptable. Put two quarters down and they'd give you some kind of lunch as well.

Every human in my empire would get a stipend equivalent to four such coins a day.

It would be a great honor, bestowed by The Beneficent and All Powerful Emperor Hunter from his Invisible Space Fortress, to be represented on these coins.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. I wish dollar coins would make it into vending machines.

Carrying a few dollar coins in your pocket is much more convenient than getting your wallet out every time you need a dollar bill. And great for paying tolls on windy days !

I've been carrying loose bills in my change pocket for some time, but they have a way of slipping out unnoticed, particularly when I sit down.

[FakeNoose]

9. Nice! I didn't know they were out yet

I have to start looking closely at my change purse.