Commemorative issue
Series: American Women Quarter Program

Celia Cruz

2024 USA Quarter 25 Cents {1-year issue} 1L

FEATURING
front: A dynamic depiction of Celia Cruz flashing her dazzling smile while performing in a rumba-style dress. Her signature catchphrase “¡AZÚCAR!” is inscribed on the right.

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
¡AZÚCAR!
E PLURIBUS UNUM
25₵
CELIA CRUZ

Celia Cruz, often called the Queen of Salsa, brought a vivacity to her stage performances that filled her music as well as the stage. She was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1925, where she began singing and attended a music academy in the late 1940s. In 1950 she joined a popular Cuban orchestra, La Sonora Matancera, and following the political upheaval of the Cuban revolution she and most of the orchestra members emigrated& from Cuba to the United States by way of a performance tour in Mexico. Cruz's popularity in the United States helped bring salsa into the public eye, and she flourished despite being in a genre with primarily male artists. Collaborations with Tito Puente, Johnny Pacheco, and the Fania All Stars, among others, also helped to increase her audience and the popularity of Latino music in the United States.

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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