Ida B. Wells, a prominent investigative journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist, is the latest honoree in the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters™ Program. Her quarter, the 16th of 20 in the series, debuts today at noon ET in rolls and bags, each struck to circulation quality at the Mint’s Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco facilities. The final four designs will be released later this year.
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Product options include two-roll sets, three-roll sets, and 100-coin bags. While minted in circulation quality, these quarters have not been released into general circulation.
Ida B. Wells was born into slavery on July 16, 1862, in Mississippi and was freed as a young child by Union troops under the Emancipation Proclamation. By the 1890s, she was exposing the mistreatment of African Americans, particularly focusing on the widespread lynchings in and around Memphis, where she lived at the time.
Her investigative journalism brought national attention to these injustices but also provoked violent opposition, leading to the destruction of her newspaper office and presses. Forced to relocate, she moved to Chicago, where she continued her advocacy through writing, public speaking, and organizing for civil rights and women’s rights. Her influence extended internationally as she spoke on these issues abroad. Wells was also instrumental in the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Ida B. Wells Quarter Designs
The quarter’s reverse (tails side) design portrays Ida B. Wells with a courageous and proud gaze toward the future. It was created by U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist Elana Hagler and sculpted by Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill.
Inscriptions include "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "E PLURIBUS UNUM," "IDA B. WELLS," "25 CENTS," and "JOURNALIST, SUFFRAGIST, CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST."
All quarters in the series share Laura Gardin Fraser’s obverse portrait of George Washington, originally designed for his 200th birthday in 1932. Obverse inscriptions read "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST," and "2025."
Coin 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 |
Quarter Products, Prices, Limits, and Ordering
The Ida B. Wells quarter is available in the following product option and prices:
- Two-Roll Sets – 40 quarters each from the Philadelphia and Denver Mints ($42).
- Three-Roll Sets – 40 quarters each from the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mints ($63).
- 100-Coin Bags – 100 quarters from either the Philadelphia or Denver Mint ($47.25).
The U.S. Mint has set product limits of 7,000 for the two-roll sets, 18,625 for the three-roll sets, and 8,250 for each 100-coin bag. Initial household order limits are three per roll set and ten per bag.
"Because of overwhelming demand, much of the production of the three-roll sets is accounted for through subscriptions. A limited quantity will be available for purchase on February 4 at noon EST," the Mint announced.
Quarter products may be ordered directly from the U.S. Mint’s online catalog.
American Women Quarters Program
The American Women Quarters series was authorized by Congress under Public Law 116-330. Launched in 2022, the program includes 20 coins issued over four years, concluding this year, with five designs released annually to honor women’s achievements and contributions in the United States.
The 2025 quarters recognize:
- 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 research 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
Beyond rolls and bags of circulation-quality coins, American Women quarters will also appear in U.S. Mint clad proof sets, silver proof sets, holiday ornaments, and uncirculated sets.
Someone at the Mint had a brain malfunction. Last year they increased the 3 roll set to 16,625, and they are not even close to selling that many. And now the 3 roll set has been increased to 18,625. 13,000 seems more realistic based on prior years sales totals.
At the same time, it decreased the 2-coin P&D rolls and increased the 100-coin bags. I guess they must all be sniffing glue. As for the Unc-S, the 2022 AWQ rolls were likely the best ones to get for the long haul.
If anyone wants a Flowing Hair Silver Medal from the mint, do the following.
Login and add the item to your Wishlist by clicking the heart next to the description and then go to your wishlist where you should then be able to add to cart and checkout. Not sure why but it worked for me.
Did it order confirm, did it ship?
Yes to confirmation. Not shipped yet
So YOU’RE the one who added that extra sale of the FHS medal. Good for you! I have one and am happy with it. I think they’re nice and the price from the Mint is more than half that being asked by dealers and individuals. 😀
Interesting I tried it out, but the quantity is zero and you can’t change it. I passed originally but w t heck
It stopped working about a half hour after I posted it.
You could run the QTY up to 14 when I ordered so it didn’t look like many where available.
For the fourth consecutive day, GLD has recorded an All-Time Closing High.
It unofficially closed @ $262.50 (24×5 trading, so the price may vary)…
The Flowing Hair Silver Medal had a Product Limit of 50,000 and a Mintage Limit of 75,000. The Mint sold not quite 50,000. Where are the additional 25,000?
Hiding with the 7,000 FHG they held back, the who,r thing is particularly repulsive as the USM sold FHs to APs as bulk items and went unlimited the next day. FHG maybe 3,000 under the table to aPs insider$.
In Ventris and USM yu CANNOT TRUST THEY SOEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE
Sitting in a vault awaiting the next Mint accounting correction?
Eliminating S bag$ eliminated the last USM item I bought….. sometimes. And hostaging the S with mandatory D & p rolls is a non star for me. Nice looking design…
I agree that the S-roll should have stayed separate from the P&D, especially since the Mint prices them all the same anyways. P&D rolls priced $42 ($21 per roll); P,D,S rolls priced $63 ($21 per roll). In reality, the Mint could get away with pricing the S-roll more and selling it by itself.
So much for the final week of intro pricing to increase sales for the 2025 Marine commemoratives. For every product, sales went the other direction with negative weekly change across the board:
Gold proof: minus 65
Gold unc: minus 30
Silver proof: minus 1,252
Silver unc: minus 277
Clad proof: minus 515
Clad unc: minus 132
3-coin: minus 159
not just that, but the only items which show sales are the 2025 ASE proof and the 2025 congratulations set. everything else in the report is either flat or negative.
Wow- I haven’t seen that before William. It will make for an interesting Top10 sales list.
Re: 25EA it was a nice rebound of +15,143 after a loss of 18,567 the week before- but how much of this is accounting I wonder?
If those numbers are accounting errors, they need new accountants/ inventory management systems !
I was thinking more accounting “corrections”, but yes, I agree. The fact that the Mint does a Vault Sale and a Customer Appreciation Sale with all kinds of old inventory that was once “sold out” tells me they’re not very good at inventory management.
To ALL,
The FHS sales after being posted Sold Out – this smacks of the C-rap they pulled with the Liberty/Brittiania!
It’s stealing from ALL the folks that have bought on secondary market – paid to have them slabbed – it’s a moving target – it’s Lucy holding the football for you to kick it. It’s WRONG and they really do have a forked tongue John Q!
1 HHL?
Yes, and we’re all Charlie Brown
Yeah and he NEVER gets to kick the football. I think they are being saved to combine w another in late ‘25 or 2026. And of course the price$ will be higher.
Mighteven mint 2025 FH medals, why not?Porgans now a cash cow…..
Looks to me like the cash cow is losing weight (mad cow disease?) 2024 M&P selling at much, much lower volumes at the Mint than 2023 counterparts did in same time frame: 2024 Morgan proof (166K fewer), 2024 Peace proof (138K fewer), 2024 Morgan uncirculated (85K fewer), 2024 Peace uncirculated (93K fewer). Interest waning perhaps because the resale market for 2023 M&Ps has fallen off under Mint prices. APMEX now selling 2023 proof Morgan (Box + coa) for $89.99 while Mint still has them for sale at $95. It’s selling 2023 Peace proof even lower at $79.99 (Box + coa)… Read more »
I think prices need a slight increase
Maybe then we’ll get to a Top10 sales with only negative numbers.
Ida B. Wells is an American hero. She was a truth-telling journalist at a time when doing your job could get you killed. She is certainly one of the most deserving subjects of the tribute quarters.
Yes, and I for one like the AWQ series and that it’s only 4 years long. I think one 4-year series every 20 years would be more appropriate and would make the coins more special.
For the fifth consecutive day, GLD has recorded an All-Time Closing High.
It unofficially closed @ $264.13 (24×5 trading, so the price may vary).
ok, I see now that Kaiser went the nuclear route and blew up all of his comments here. It’s really unfortunate to see such a good, friendly fellow coin enthusiast and regular contributor leave the site- and one with such a welcoming and jovial disposition. No doubt he felt PTSD from the barrage of ugly comments recently directed at him and decided he didn’t want to be part of this site anymore. That’s a shame. But I understand it. We live in turbulent, highly political times. It’s too bad when this site can’t be a respite to all of that.
Agreed.
Some have suggested his departure was less than voluntary. I don’t know how one is able to delete a previous post. I was trying to when I put one in the wrong place. Anyway I remember him from before the MNB migration.
No, I highly doubt that it was involuntary. It’s really quite simply to delete all of your comments– but it must be All, you can’t pick and choose which ones. All you do is drag your cursor across the person icon next to Comments at the top where they start. It will then say, “My contents and settings”. Just click on that then “Delete all my comments”. Kaiser was here going back to at least 2021-22 when I started.
I see that APMEX is taking orders for Super Bowl LIX NFL 1 oz Silver Flip Coin – Chiefs vs Eagles, Ltd Ed silver and clad versions. I didn’t realize that these “coins” were even out there until now. Has this always been a thing?