AMERICAN WOMEN
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker "S"

This quarter is the third in 2024 and 13th overall in the American Women Quarters Program. 

The American Women Quarters™ Program is a four-year series celebrating the accomplishments and contributions made by women to the development and history of the U.S. Beginning in 2022, and continuing through 2025, the Mint will issue five new quarters each year featuring reverse designs honoring a group of prominent American women.

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker is featured on the thirteenth coin released in this program.

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was a Civil War surgeon, and women’s rights and dress-reform advocate. Walker relentlessly pursued her desire to serve as a surgeon during the Civil War and in 1863 she became the first woman U.S. Army surgeon as a "Contract Acting Assistant Surgeon (civilian)." To date, Walker is the only woman to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

The reverse (tails) of the coin features a depiction of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker holding her pocket surgical kit, with the Medal of Honor on her uniform, and surgeon’s pin at her collar. After receiving the award, she continued to wear the Medal of Honor for the rest of her life. The left side of the design showcases the details of the Medal of Honor. The inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” “25 CENTS,” “DR. MARY EDWARDS WALKER,” and “MEDAL OF HONOR 1865.”

The common obverse (heads) depicts a portrait of George Washington. This design was originally composed and sculpted by Laura Gardin Fraser as a candidate entry for the 1932 quarter, which honored the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth. Inscriptions are “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “2024.”

AMERICAN WOMEN - DR. MARY EDWARDS WALKER "S" (BU) - 2024 UNITED STATES COINS 13 is categorised COINS AND PAPER MONEY / 09- UNITED STATES COINS / 4- 25 CENTS and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.