US coins will have the face of Celia Cruz

Celia Cruz was one of the talented singerswhich was recently chosen along with 4 other exemplary women in history to be embodied in the US 25-cent coin as part of the American Women Quarters program in 2024.

It has been highlighted that the face of the wonderful and legendary Cuban Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa or the Guarachera de Cuba as many know her, will be embodied in a 25-cent coin from the United States, as announced by the United States Mint , the official source of new US coins.

It should be noted that Celia Cruz, considered one of the most influential Latina women in history and remembered for her wonderful expression “Azúcar”, was chosen along with four other women as part of the honorees for the American Women Quarters program in 2024, a four-year initiative celebrating the achievements and contributions of America’s women.

Coins with the face of Celia Cruz

The designs for the 2024 American Women Quarters quarters featuring Celia Cruz will be released in mid-2023 and people will be able to find their idol’s coins starting in 2024.

The program features coins with reverse designs (crosses) emblematic of the achievements and contributions of American women. It started in 2022 and will run until 2025.

The other three women chosen were Patsy Takemoto Mink, who was the first black woman to serve in Congress, Dr. Mary Edwards Walkerc, who was a Civil War-era surgeon, women’s rights advocate, and abolitionist.

In addition to Pauli Murray, who was a poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopalian priest, as well as a strong advocate for civil rights, and Zitkala-Ša, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a writer, composer, educator, and political activist for Native American law.

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Celia Cruz as a female icon

Among other details, the singer of songs like La Vida es un Carnaval, La Negra Tiene Tumbao, Ríe y Llora, among others, was described by the United State Mint as a “cultural icon and one of the most popular Latino artists of the 20th century.

Known as “The Queen of Salsa,” Cruz’s many honors and awards include five Grammy Awards, a National Medal of Arts, and a posthumous Grammy for Lifetime Achievement.”

The Queen of Salsa, who was also a vocalist for Sonora Matancera and the Fania All Stars, left Cuba in the 1960s and never returned to her homeland after being banned from returning.

It should be noted that the native of Havana died on July 16, 2003 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, after fighting a brain tumor. Her remains are found in the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

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