美國鑄幣廠公佈了 2023 年美國女性 25 分硬幣的設計，由 Althea Gibson、Juliette Gordon Low、Stacey Park Milbern、Vera Rubin 和 Ida B. Wells-Barnett 主演

每款設計都向其中一位女性及其對美國歷史的貢獻致敬。

The U.S. Mint has unveiled the designs for five new American Women Quarters featuring Althea Gibson, Juliette Gordon Low, Stacey Park Milbern, Vera Rubin, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Each design pays tribute to one of the women and their contributions to U.S. history.

美國鑄幣廠公佈了五枚全新美國女性 25 分硬幣的設計，其中包括 Althea Gibson、Juliette Gordon Low、Stacey Park Milbern、Vera Rubin 和 Ida B. Wells-Barnett。每款設計都向其中一位女性及其對美國歷史的貢獻致敬。

“They each have so much character in them. These women’s stories are now literally actually embodied in a physical object, in one quarter.

“他們每個人都有很多性格。這些女性的故事現在實際上體現在一個物理對像中，四分之一。

That is something that everyone across the country can literally hold in their hand,”

這是全國每個人都可以握在手中的東西。

Elizabeth C. Babcock, the director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum, which collaborated with the U.S. Mint on the series, told Artnet News. “There is a physicality, a tangible nature to this celebration that I think is really special.”

史密森尼美國婦女歷史博物館館長伊麗莎白·C·巴布科克 (Elizabeth C. Babcock) 告訴 Artnet 新聞，該博物館與美國造幣廠合作製作了該系列作品。 “我認為這次慶祝活動有一種物質性、一種有形的本質，這非常特別。”

Each coin's reverse has been designed by an artist from the mint’s Artistic Infusion Program, which is responsible for the nation’s coins and medals. (In March, the mint added 25 new AIP artists to its existing staff of 13.) The mint’s six medallic artists are responsible for translating the portraits into tiny relief sculptures.

每枚硬幣的反面均由造幣廠藝術注入計劃的一位藝術家設計，該計劃負責國家的硬幣和獎牌。 （3 月份，造幣廠在現有 13 名員工的基礎上新增了 25 名 AIP 藝術家。）造幣廠的六名獎章藝術家負責將肖像轉化為微型浮雕。

The coin for Gibson is designed by Don Everhart and sculpted by Renata Gordon. Elana Hagler designed the Wells and Milbern quarters, sculpted by Phebe Hemphill and Craig A. Campbell, respectively. Designer Tom Hipschen and medallic artist Eric David Custer teamed up on Low’s coin. Finally, Rubin’s coin is designed by Christina Hess and sculpted by John P. McGraw.

吉布森的硬幣由唐·埃弗哈特 (Don Everhart) 設計，由雷娜塔·戈登 (Renata Gordon) 雕刻。 Elana Hagler 設計了 Wells 和 Milbern 宿舍，分別由 Phebe Hemphill 和 Craig A. Campbell 負責雕刻。設計師 Tom Hipschen 和獎章藝術家 Eric David Custer 聯手設計了 Low 的硬幣。最後，魯賓的硬幣由克里斯蒂娜·赫斯設計，約翰·P·麥格勞雕刻。

All the coins in the series also feature a George Washington portrait on the obverse—but not the one you’re typically used to seeing on quarters, which is by John Flanagan. Instead, it is a similar version of Washington’s visage (facing to the right, not the left) designed by Laura Gardin Fraser, a prominent early 20th-century sculptor who was the first woman to design a U.S. coin.

該系列的所有硬幣的正面都刻有喬治華盛頓的肖像，但不是您通常在 25 美分硬幣上看到的肖像，而是約翰弗拉納根 (John Flanagan) 的肖像。相反，它是由20 世紀初著名雕塑家勞拉·加丁·弗雷澤(Laura Gardin Fraser) 設計的華盛頓面容的類似版本（面向右側，而不是左側），她是第一位設計美國硬幣的女性。

Flanagan’s design has been in circulation since 1932, the 200th anniversary of the first president’s birth. A bicentennial committee held a competition for the half dollar, asking for artists to base their design on the bust Jean-Antoine Houdon made after a 1785 visit with Washington.

弗拉納根的設計自 1932 年即第一任總統誕生 200 週年以來一直在流通。一個二百年紀念委員會舉辦了一場半美元競賽，要求藝術家以讓-安托萬·烏東 (Jean-Antoine Houdon) 1785 年訪問華盛頓後製作的半身像為基礎進行設計。

(The plaster sculpture is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and is the basis for a marble monument at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.)

（這尊石膏雕塑收藏於華盛頓特區的國家肖像畫廊，也是里士滿弗吉尼亞州議會大廈大理石紀念碑的基礎。）

Though Fraser won the competition, Andrew Mellon, the Secretary of the Treasury, ultimately picked Flanagan’s portrait for the new quarter. Fraser’s overlooked Washington—which was also used for a 1999 commemorative $5 gold coin—is the perfect choice for a coin series recognizing women’s achievements, which all too often go unsung.

儘管弗雷澤贏得了比賽，但財政部長安德魯梅隆最終選擇了弗拉納根的肖像作為新季度的肖像。弗雷澤的華盛頓圖案被忽視了——它也被用於製作 1999 年 5 美元紀念金幣——是表彰女性成就的硬幣系列的完美選擇，而這些成就往往被忽視。

The new American Women Quarters are set to be released in 2025, as the final year for the program, which was announced in 2020, as part of the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act. That same year, Congress also passed a bill approving the creation of a new Smithsonian museum dedicated to women’s history.

新的美國女性 25 枚硬幣計劃於 2025 年發行，作為該計劃的最後一年，該計劃於 2020 年作為《流通收藏幣重新設計法案》的一部分宣布。同年，國會也通過了一項法案，批准建立一個新的史密森尼博物館，專門展示婦女歷史。

The museum’s opening is still many years off. Congress needs to pass legislation approving a proposed site, after which the process of choosing an architect and designing the building can begin. But in the meantime, the museum has already begun staging online exhibitions and holding programming celebrating the subjects of the American Women Quarters.

距離博物館開幕還有很多年。國會需要通過立法批准擬議地點，然後才能開始選擇建築師和設計建築物的過程。但同時，博物館已經開始舉辦線上展覽並舉辦慶祝美國婦女區主題的節目。

Partnering with the U.S. Mint on the coin series was a natural fit for the fledgling institution, which has the mission of telling the stories of women in U.S. history, both collectively and individually.

與美國鑄幣廠合作推出硬幣系列對於這個剛起步的機構來說是天作之合，該機構的使命是講述美國歷史上女性集體和個人的故事。

“When you look at how we tell American history now, what kids grow up learning in school and in their textbooks, there are these gaps there. Women are just not represented,” Babcock said. “But we’re 51 percent of the population, and we were there during all those historic moments that shaped American history.”

「當你看看我們現在如何講述美國歷史，孩子們在學校和教科書中長大的學習內容時，就會發現存在這些差距。女性只是沒有代表，」巴布科克說。 “但我們佔總人口的 51%，而且我們見證了塑造美國歷史的所有歷史性時刻。”

The U.S. Mint began issuing special new quarter designs with the United States Commemorative Coins Act of 1996. The first were the popular 50 States Quarters, issued from 1999 through 2008, followed by coins for the District of Columbia and the territories in 2009.

美國造幣廠開始根據1996 年《美國紀念幣法案》發行特殊的新25 美分硬幣。為哥倫比亞特區和各領地發行的硬幣。

The American Women Quarters follow the America the Beautiful Quarters, which from 2010 to 2021 featured national parks and national forests. The 2020 coin redesign act calls for five quarters celebrating the nation’s semiquincentennial in 2026, and then up to five new coins each year from 2027 to 2030 for youth sports.

美國女性區緊隨「美國美麗區」之後，從 2010 年到 2021 年，「美國美麗區」以國家公園和國家森林為特色。 2020 年硬幣重新設計法案要求在 2026 年用五個季度慶祝國家五十週年紀念，然後從 2027 年到 2030 年每年為青少年體育推出最多五枚新硬幣。

To choose the 20 honorees for the women’s quarters, the mint invited the public to make recommendations. The goal was to highlight an

為了選出女性區的 20 名獲獎者，造幣廠邀請民眾提出建議。目標是強調