Commemorative issue
Series: American Women Quarter Program

Maria Tallchief

2023 USA Quarter 25 Cents {1-year issue} 1S

FEATURING
front: Maria Tallchief spotlit in a balletic pose. Her Osage name, which translates to “Two Standards,” is written in Osage orthography.

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
QUARTER DOLLAR
MARIA TALLCHIEF
𐓏𐒰𐓐𐒿𐒷-𐓍𐓂͘𐓄𐒰

Maria Tallchief (born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief (𐓏𐒰𐓐𐒿𐒷-𐓍𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 "Two-Standards"; Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa, Osage script: 𐒼𐒱𐒹𐒻𐒼𐒰-𐓆𐓈𐒷𐓊𐒷; January 24, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was a Native American ballerina. She was America's first major prima ballerina and the first Osage Tribe member to hold the rank. Together with choreographer George Balanchine, she is widely considered to have revolutionized American ballet.

back: Portrait of George Washington, facing right.

Lettering:
LIBERTY
IN GOD WE TRUST
2023

• quantity 1
• polished Copper-nickel clad copper coin
• diameter: 24.26 mm
• weight: 5.67 g

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