The US Mint has introduced the 25-cent coin honoring the Cuban singer Celia Cruz, the US Embassy in Cuba reported this Thursday, which marked her as the ‘Queen of la Salsa’ is the first Afro-Latin figure to receive this tribute. .
The coin dedicated to the ‘Guarachera of Cuba’ is part of a series called ‘American Women Quarters’, which began to be issued in 2022 and will continue until 2025 to honor the advances and contributions of women to this country.
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The program confirms that five of these new coins will be issued each year and in 2024, in addition to the Celia Cruz coin, coins will be struck in honor of the Episcopal Reverend Pauli Murray, that of Patsy Takemoto Mink , the first woman of color. being the communicator, surgeon and women’s rights advocate Mary Edwards Walker and political activist and educator Zitkala Sa.
When the coin was presented last year, the Mint described Celia Cruz by presenting the coin as “a Cuban-American singer, cultural icon and one of the most popular Latina artists of the 20th century.”
Celia Cruz silver coin
The obverse of the coin features a portrait of George Washington, originally produced and designed by Laura Gardin Fraser to commemorate his 200th birthday.
The reverse shows Celia Cruz showing off her brilliant smile in celebration dressed in one of her signature outfits and writing on the right side: “Azúcar!”, her cry to bring people dancing
The singer, who went into exile in the United States in 1961 and never returned to Cuba, died on July 16, 2003 in New Jersey, after battling a brain tumor. His remains are buried in New York.
