2024 Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray Quarter

Coin Highlights

• Nation: United States of America

• Denomination: 25 Cents (Quarter Dollar)

• Date: 2023

• Mint(s): Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco (business and proof issues; 99.9% silver proof also struck at San Francisco)

• Metal: Copper-nickel clad for circulation and clad proofs; 99.9% silver for designated silver proof issues

• Diameter: 24.3 mm (standard modern U.S. quarter size)

• Obverse: Laura Gardin Fraser’s right-facing portrait of George Washington with inscriptions LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, and 2023

• Reverse: Eleanor Roosevelt before a globe and scales of justice, referencing her work on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; inscriptions include ELEANOR ROOSEVELT and UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

• Program: Eighth release in the American Women Quarters Program (2022–2025)

• Type: Modern circulating commemorative quarter; business strike and proof formats, including silver proof for collectors

Historical Significance

The American Women Quarters Program is a four-year U.S. Mint initiative honoring trailblazing women whose achievements shaped the nation, with up to five new quarters released each year from 2022 through 2025. The 2023 Eleanor Roosevelt issue marks the program’s eighth design and focuses on Roosevelt’s leadership in civil liberties and human rights at home and abroad.

Eleanor Roosevelt served as First Lady from 1933 to 1945, then continued as a diplomat and advocate, becoming the first chair of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights and a driving force behind the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The quarter’s reverse—Roosevelt beside the scales of justice set against a stylized globe—symbolizes her global human-rights legacy and her belief that dignity and freedom should extend to all people.

Collectibility

For collectors, the 2023 Eleanor Roosevelt quarter offers several angles: standard P and D mint business strikes, S-mint clad proofs, and a low-mintage 99.9% silver proof from San Francisco that appears in the American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set. The design’s strong portrait and bold symbolism make high-grade examples particularly attractive in certified holders, and the coin is essential for any complete run of American Women Quarters.

The issue also has crossover appeal: Roosevelt and FDR specialists, modern U.S. type collectors, and enthusiasts of human-rights or United Nations-themed material all find this quarter a natural fit in their collections. With multiple formats available, it’s easy to build matched P/D/S or clad/silver sets, or to target top-pop grading tiers for a more advanced registry-style approach.