25 cents 2023. 10th quarter. Ballerina Maria Tallchief

25 cents (quarter) 2023 10th in the Women of America series - Ballerina Maria Tallchief.

25 cents 2023 10th quarter. Ballerina Maria Tallchief.

Elizabeth Mary Tol Chief is one of the so-called. "Five Moons", the first American prima ballerina, the first representative of the Indians - ballerina. She is considered to have revolutionized ballet. The elder sister of the ballerina Marjorie Tallchief, the third wife of George Balanchine. There are several ballerina statues in Oklahoma. She became a member of the US National Women's Hall of Fame and received the National Medal for her contributions to the arts. In 1996, Tallchief received a Kennedy Center Honor. Her life has been the subject of several documentaries and biographies.

Obverse: The coin features a portrait of President George Washington right at the center (portrait originally drawn and sculpted by Laura Gardin Frazier. This was the recommended design for the 1932 Washington Bicentennial quarter, but then-Treasury Secretary Mellon ultimately chose John Flanagan's design. facing left). At the top, the word LIBERTY (FREEDOM) is minted in a semicircle, on the right in several lines - IN GOD / WE / TRUST (WE TRUST IN GOD) and the letter of the mint.

Reverse: In the center is Maria Tallchief performing a complex ballet leap. At the bottom of the coin, below the inscription "MARIA TALLCHIEF", is an Osage inscription that translates to "Two Standards". At the top is the name of the country “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”, at the bottom is the denomination “QUARTER DOLLAR”.

Release date: 09/23/2023.