The United States Mint has released images of its 2025 American Women quarter dollars. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, the U.S. Mint’s four-year program of distinctive quarters enters its fourth and final year in 2025, showcasing another set of five coins honoring trailblazing women who have shaped American history.
The 2022 quarters recognized Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren, and Anna May Wong. In 2023, the series celebrated Bessie Coleman, Edith Kanakaʻole, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jovita Idar, and Maria Tallchief. The 2024 quarters honor Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, Patsy Takemoto Mink, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Celia Cruz, and Zitkala-Ša. For 2025, the 20-coin series concludes with reverses (tails side) celebrating:
- Ida B. Wells – investigative journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist
- Juliette Gordon Low – founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- Dr. Vera Rubin – astronomer known for pioneering work on galaxy rotation
- Stacey Park Milbern – disability rights activist
- Althea Gibson – groundbreaking multi-sport athlete and the first Black player to break tennis’s color barrier
Proposed designs for the 2025 quarters were evaluated in October 2023 as part of a detailed selection process. From an initial pool of 39 candidates, the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) submitted their final design recommendations to the Treasury Secretary, who made the ultimate decision. The honorees were selected earlier by the Treasury Secretary after consultations with the Smithsonian Institution’s American Women’s History Initiative, the National Women’s History Museum, and the Congressional Bipartisan Women’s Caucus.
Images and U.S. Mint descriptions of the 2025 quarters follow.
Ida B. Wells Quarter Image
Designed by: Elana Hagler, AIP Designer
Sculpted by: Phebe Hemphill, Mint Medallic Artist
This design features Wells as she gazes courageously and proudly towards the future. Inscriptions are "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "E PLURIBUS UNUM," "IDA B. WELLS," "25 CENTS," "JOURNALIST, SUFFRAGIST, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST."
Juliette Gordon Low Quarter Image
Designed by: Tom Hipschen, AIP Designer
Sculpted by: Eric David Custer, Mint Medallic Artist
This design depicts a likeness of Juliette Gordon Low next to the original Girl Scout Trefoil, which she designed and patented. The inscriptions "JULIETTE GORDON LOW" and "QUARTER DOLLAR," are included within the design. Additional inscriptions are, "FOUNDER of GIRL SCOUTS of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."
Dr. Vera Rubin Quarter Image
Designed by: Christina Hess, AIP Designer
Sculpted by: John P. McGraw, Mint Medallic Artist
This design features a profile of Dr. Vera Rubin gazing upward, smiling as she contemplates the cosmos. She is surrounded by a spiral galaxy and other celestial bodies. Inscriptions include "DR. VERA RUBIN," "QUARTER DOLLAR," "E PLURIBUS UNUM," and "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." The additional inscription, "DARK MATTER," the invisible mass found in our galaxy, is inscribed at the bottom of the design.
Stacey Park Milbern Quarter Image
Designed by: Elana Hagler, AIP Designer
Sculpted by: Craig A. Campbell, Mint Medallic Artist
This design depicts Milbern 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. Additional inscriptions are, "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "E PLURIBUS UNUM," "QUARTER DOLLAR," "DISABILITY JUSTICE," and "STACEY PARK MILBERN."
Althea Gibson Quarter Image
Designed by: Don Everhart, AIP Designer
Sculpted by: Renata Gordon, Mint Medallic Artist
This design portrays Althea Gibson with a racket in one hand and a ball in the other while standing confidently by a net on a tennis court as if in preparation before playing a match. Inscriptions: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "E PLURIBUS UNUM," "ALTHEA GIBSON," "QUARTER DOLLAR," and "TRAILBLAZING CHAMPION."
Common Obverse Design
All coins in the series feature the same obverse (heads side) portrait of George Washington. This likeness of the first U.S. President was originally designed by artist Laura Gardin Fraser to commemorate Washington’s 200th birthday in 1932. Although recommended for the 1932 quarter, the design was ultimately bypassed by then-Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon in favor of the now-familiar John Flannigan depiction.
Obverse inscriptions will read "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "2025."
2025 Quarter Release Dates
The schedule below details the anticipated release dates for the coins entering circulation through the Federal Reserve:
- Ida B. Wells: TBD
- Juliette Gordon Low: TBD
- Dr. Vera Rubin: TBD
- Stacey Park Milbern: TBD
- Althea Gibson: TBD
The table below outlines the anticipated prices and quarter products the Mint is set to offer coin collectors. Updates will be made as exact release dates are confirmed.
| U.S. Mint Numismatic Product | Expected Price | Release Date |
| 2025 Ida B. Wells quarters in rolls bags | $40 – $60 | Feb. 4 |
| 2025 Quarters Proof Set | $23 | Feb. 27 |
| 2025 Juliette Gordon Low quarters in rolls bags | $40 – $60 | Spring 2025 |
| 2025 Quarters Silver Proof Set | $95 | Spring 2025 |
| 2025 Quarter Ornaments | $35 (each) | Summer 2025 |
| 2025 Dr. Vera Rubin quarters in rolls bags | $40 – $60 | Summer 2025 |
| 2025 Stacey Park Milbern quarters in rolls bags | $40 – $60 | Summer 2025 |
| 2025 Althea Gibson quarters in rolls bags | $40 – $60 | Fall 2025 |
U.S. Mint subscriptions for 2025 quarters product are now open. Subscribers will automatically receive the products upon their release.
I’ll complete my set in silver proofs and uncirculated and be done with it.
having gone through state quarters for 11 years, and national parks for another 11 years, and then these for 4 years, and whatever semiquincentennially happens in 2026, i’m calling it a day on quarter collecting, as they are shifting to 4 more years of kids sports, it’s clear they aren’t ever going to go back to ‘normal’ quarters so might as well just stop somewhere.
c_q, it’s an awful lot considering for every quarter there’s a P, D, S Uncirculated, S Proof, and S Silver Proof. And the occasional Enhanced Uncirculated and Reverse Silver Proof, not to mention the 5-oz Silver Bullion Uncirculated and Burnished Uncirculated. Oh, and the elusive special W for some. Fortunately, the AWQ series missed these last ones (but I’m all for bringing the W back). For a 25c piece, to collect all versions is enough to bust the bank. I’m all for going back to the normal single quarter per year which I believe will be the Washington Xing the… Read more »
Granted, we are a mixed-capitalist society. That is a fact of American life and there is no way of getting away from it. Capitalism will NEVER die. Some of us worship money and yet most of us respect money. Therefore, our coinage should solidly communicate national unity, strength, and the long-term respect of our amazing Union. This is done with less special interest and the use of highly intelligent symbology that better represents us all over the long term and for the greater good.