The 2023 United States Mint Proof Set® contains 10 beautiful
proof quality coins, each bearing the “S” mint mark of the United States Mint
at San Francisco. It’s the perfect gift for special achievements, promotions,
graduations, and more!
The 2023 Proof Set features the five American Women
Quarters™ Program coins with proof finishes honoring:
Bessie Coleman – pilot, advocate, and pioneer who flew to
great heights as the first African American and first Native American woman
pilot, as well as first African American to earn an international pilot’s
license
Edith Kanakaʻole – indigenous Hawaiian composer, chanter,
kumu hula, custodian of native culture, traditions, and natural land
Eleanor Roosevelt – first lady, author, civil liberties and
human rights advocate, chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights
Commission, instrumental in the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights
Jovita Idar – Mexican American journalist, activist,
teacher, community organizer, champion of bi-lingual education, and suffragist
Maria Tallchief – America’s first major prima ballerina and
broke barriers as a Native American ballerina
The other lens includes:
One Native American $1 Coin – The obverse retains the
central figure of Sacagawea carrying her infant son, Jean-Baptiste.
Inscriptions are “LIBERTY” and “IN GOD WE TRUST.” The reverse design features
Maria Tallchief in balletic pose. In addition to Tallchief, four other American
Indian ballerinas from Oklahoma achieved international recognition in the 20th
century, including her younger sister Marjorie Tallchief, Yvonne Chouteau,
Rosella Hightower, and Moscelyne Larkin. Celebrated as the “Five Moons,” their
legacy of achievement and inclusion continues to influence ballet today. A nod
to the Five Moons is presented in the lunar motif, while the four ballerinas in
the background are symbolic of both Tallchief’s American Indian ballerina
contemporaries and the generations of dancers they inspired. Inscriptions are
“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “MARIA TALLCHIEF,” “$1,” and “AMERICAN INDIANS IN
BALLET.”
One Kennedy half dollar
One Roosevelt dime
One Jefferson nickel
One Lincoln penny
The set is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity