Now that I have this American Women quarters set in hand my favorite genuinely surprises me

Pretty cool to get to see them up close before the ones in the wild show up, they came in the mail today!
Really liking this series a lot, especially from a visual/design perspective.
I'm finding them more and more beautiful.

I am truly surprised by my favorite!
I'm even surprised by my 2nd favorite lol.
I'll tell you mine later.

Would love to hear what you think about this series.
Here you go...enjoy some snapshots taken IMMEDIATELY after unpacking these today, I had to get a couple sets lol!

 

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Maya is the most aesthetic. The others are too generic to warrant much attention.

 

The order you posted them is the way I would rank them.

 

Maya and Sally are my favorites if that matters.
I would actually be proud to own the set just like yours!

 

Sally is my favorite and while I'm still not sure she deserves a quarter in my book I like the Maya design as well..

 

I agree.

Also, I love the new obverse for the Washington quarter.

 

I don't care much for the Wong design, or the Otero-Warren Design.
I like all the other ones.
When I first saw the obverse, I wasn't a big fan of it. But it grew on me quickly. Just took some getting used to.

 

I haven't make up my mind yet on this series, but I do like the new obverse.

 

Wilma mankiller! How can you not like a name like that?

 

Wong for me!

 

I like the Anna May Wong coin best then the sally ride. Maya next then the other two.

 

I have the silver proof and clad proof set. Decided to get the first year only and both sets eventually will go to my daughter. Quality of designs surprised me with Maya and Ride as my favorites.

 

Mine too. Simple elegance.......

 

I am amazed by all of them they are beautiful and deserve equal admiration. Thanks for sharing those beauties.

 

I thought the Maya Angelou design was just OK, until I saw one in-hand with uncirculated luster. It really comes to life.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Anna May Wong in-hand.

 

So for me..... it's the Wilma Mankiller. Easily.
There is so much power and movement in that one for me.
I'll give you my thoughts as an artist and a numismatist.

As soon as I saw it up close it felt like a large sculpture and you can feel her importance.
Ever see a huge buck watching out for the herd?
She has that kind of majesty in this image.
Everything about it is fantastic...like the way the tassels from her shawl are blown from the wind and blend into the landscape.
I think the layout is more masterful than the other coins with the use of the mirror fields entirely around the perimeter as well as heavier use of the empty mirrored background makes for a stronger design.

Now about the Wilma Mankiller for us hunters...just like the obverse of all of them with the mirrored field unbroken all the way around the perimeter of Washington, this coin will be a real challenge and likely worth quite a bit in MS67 and 68!
Because it's the only coin in the series with that unbroken mirrored field all the way around the perimeter on BOTH sides.

As many of you already know, when you find a beautiful Maya there's always almost some fine chatter in that bit of mirror going all the way around Washington's portrait! Now we'll be looking for nice clean fields all the way around both sides with the Mankiller quarter but I looooove those kinds of challenges

My second favorite is the Anna May Wong in large part because it's also going to be a fun challenge to find that one in really high Mint States.
Like the newer nickels and how fast Jefferson's face gets marked up I have a feeling all those smooth surfaces and those little rivets are going to make for a fun challenge.
Artistically I wish they had gone a bit gentler on her design and made it more Art Deco and much less Industrial.
I do like the commitment of the design though, the forcefulness of how she had to battle stereotyping at the time can be represented in the solidness of the design in a few ways in my mind too.

Glad you nice folks are finding these coins/ladies interesting too

 

Maya is my top pick. I like the way Mankiller's outfit becomes a Southwestern landscape, but all the text across it ruins it.

 

For those with cable television, the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) channel is showing several Anna May Wong movies this month (May 2022).

On May 5 it's "The Toll of the Sea", a 1922 silent color film.
An American sailor marries then deserts the Chinese beauty who had saved his life.

 

I don't think I realized that there were any silent color films...

 

Ugliest coins...ever! Okay...second! The first ugly coin is the LSC!