Public Law 116-330 provides for the production and circulation of up to five quarter dollars in each of the four years, with each design “emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of one prominent woman of the United States. The America the Beautiful program concluded earlier in 2021 with the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site coin. The quarter dollar series, which succeeds the America the Beautiful Quarters Program is authorized under provisions of the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, Public Law 116-330. Mint announced April 1 on the Federal Register online that the CCAC would review submissions April 20 for the common obverse design for the American Women Quarters Program (2022–2025) and candidates for reverse designs for the 2022 American Women quarter dollars. The 1981 emission was struck solely for inclusion in the annual uncirculated coin sets for collectors, a tacit admission that the experiment had failed. Anthony Dollars simply piled up in federal reserve vaults. Anthony dollars were released in July 1979 with much fanfare, but the coin soon proved a massive flop. Produced in large numbers during 1979-80 by three mints, the Susan B. Proposed designs for the first of the circulating quarter dollar series specifically legislated to bear designs reflecting the achievements of women are to be reviewed by the Commission of Fine Arts and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. Anthony, was a champion for women's rights in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and seemed a fitting design subject in an era of equal rights.
