<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of CNN at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/maya-angelou-quarter-issued/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/maya-angelou-quarter-issued/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————————</div><div><h1 class="pg-headline" data-act-id="article_head_0" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 40px; margin: 0px auto; font-family: "CNN Condensed", CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 44px; padding: 16px 0px 0px; font-feature-settings: "kern"; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; letter-spacing: -0.01em; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: rgb(38, 38, 38); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US quarter as Treasury begins distribution</h1></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">Washington (CNN)</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">A new </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/article/us-mint-american-women-quarters-selected-cec/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(48, 97, 243); text-decoration: none;">US quarter featuring the late Maya Angelou</span></a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"> went into circulation Monday, the US Mint announced, making the legendary poet and activist the first Black woman ever to appear on the coin. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program, which will include coins featuring prominent women in American history. Other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year and through 2025, the Mint said in a </span><a href="https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/united-states-mint-begins-shipping-first-american-women-quarters-program-coins" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(48, 97, 243); text-decoration: none;">release</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"> on Monday. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">"Each time we redesign our currency, we have the chance to say something about our country -- what we value, and how we've progressed as a society," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a separate </span><a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0554" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(48, 97, 243); text-decoration: none;">statement. </span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">"I'm very proud that these coins celebrate the contributions of some of America's most remarkable women, including Maya Angelou."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">The new coin still features George Washington's visage on the "heads" side, while the "tails" side honors Angelou by evoking one of her most famous works, the autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>————————-</div><div><br></div><div>The Maya Angelou quarter . . .</div><div><br></div><div><img width="300" src="cid:7780A4EF-50B5-4EF4-BC4A-CEC09D7F802A"></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Maya_Angelou_Quarter.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Maya_Angelou_Quarter.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————————</div></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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