2024-S Dr. Mary Edwards Walker U.S. Women Quarter
San Francisco Mint
$8.95
Select a Grade: Choice Proof
Get the prestigious San Francisco "S" mint mark Proof issue of the 2024 U.S. Women Quarters Series that honors Dr. Mary Edwards Walk, the first – and to date, the only – woman recipient of the U.S. Medal of Honor!
- Third issue of 2024 and 13th in series
- Raised by abolitionist parents on family farm in upstate New York
- Only second woman to receive a medical degree in America; the year was 1855 and she was 22
- Mary volunteered her medical services to the Union Army during the Civil War
- Awarded the Medal of Honor in 1865
- Favored the dress-and-trouser combination known as bloomers, switching to men's clothing after the war – a move that drew public criticism
- Reverse shows Dr. Walker holding her pocket surgical kit, with the Medal of Honor on her uniform, and surgeon's pin at her collar
- Designed and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, U. S. Mint Medallic Artist
- Obverse depicts George Washington as originally designed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser to commemorate his 200th birthday for a 1932 quarter
Add this mint Uncirculated 2024-S Dr. Mary Edwards Walker quarter to your collection now!
