Coin honoring Sally Ride, first US woman in space, enters circulation

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The U.S. Mint has begun shipping the Sally Ride quarter.

— should begin showing up at banks and in the change tendered at stores over the next three to four weeks.captured the nation's imagination as a symbol of the ability of women to shatter barriers. Heralding her accomplishments via this beautiful quarter provides the Mint with yet another opportunity to connect America through coins," Ventris Gibson, deputy director of the U.S. Mint, said in a statement.and the first to honor Ride.

The design of the Sally Ride quarter was inspired by something she said:"But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth."as she appeared during her first shuttle mission, floating next to a window aboard the space shuttle's flight deck. The pose was inspired by something Ride once said:"But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.", a member of the U.S.

Available later this year, the U.S. Mint has produced an ornament featuring the Dr. Sally Ride American Women Quarter.featuring the Dr. Sally Ride quarter. Advance demand has already claimed the 100 coin-bags and three-roll sets, but two-roll and proof sets, as well as a decorative ornament featuring the Ride quarter, are still expected to be available when they go on sale beginning Tuesday through the end of the month and later this fall, respectively.

The U.S. Mint's American Women Quarters program includes five new coins each year through 2025, each featuring designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women. As authorized by Congress andThe additional honorees in 2022 include Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation; Nina Otero-Warren, a leader in New Mexico's suffrage movement; and Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood.

The U.S. Mint's Dr. Sally Ride American Women Quarter features a likeness of the late astronaut by artist Elana Hagler on its reverse and a portrait of George Washington composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser on its obverse.

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