Anna May Wong Quarter

THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes · ‎06-29-2016

Beautiful. The actress and the coin.

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Greeneyedlady21 · ‎01-06-2015

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MoJoV · ‎10-01-2010

I just got one in change the other day. It's a beautiful coin. Actors, writers and dancers are a huge part of the American Experience and culture. Why not commemorate them on money?

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RollTide2008 · ‎02-14-2017

Mo Rocco featured her in an episode of his Mobituaries podcast. It’s really well done.

Zernia Rose · ‎04-16-2011

There is a wonderful children's picture book titled "Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story. Her impact on cinema is finally receiving the attention it deserves.

gertrudecloset · ‎02-13-2021

@occasionalrain wrote:
I liked the traditional and state quarters.
I like the variety of postage stamps.
I don't like actors, writers, dancers, athletes... on my money. Put them on stamps where they belong.

If you happen upon one of those quarters, will you spend it, or look at it and be mad about it? @occasionalrain

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sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

@Zernia Rose wrote:
There is a wonderful children's picture book titled "Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story. Her impact on cinema is finally receiving the attention it deserves.

@Zernia Rose

i am going to be a first time grandmother this summer.

will be looking up this book tomorrow!

i already have a nice collection of books all ready for my new grandson!

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Zernia Rose · ‎04-16-2011

@sunshine45 Not to be sexist, there is another wonderful children's book you might consider. The title is Baseball Saved us by Ken Mochizuki; it focuses on a baseball team formed in an internment camp during WWII. Another great one about baseball is We Are the Ship, an overview of the Negro Baseball Leagues.

occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

@gertrudecloset

If I were mad about it, I would have said that.

I just find it inappropriate to use currency in this manner. We have been using stamps for that.

I also think it's a slippery slope. Who's deserving, who's not? Will there be a Tom Brady quarter, US Olympic gold medalists quarters, a Truman Capote quarter, a Henry Ford quarter, a Jackson Pollock quarter...?

qbetzforreal · ‎08-28-2010

@occasionalrain wrote:
@gertrudecloset

If I were mad about it, I would have said that.

I just find it inappropriate to use currency in this manner. We have been using stamps for that.

I also think it's a slippery slope. Who's deserving, who's not? Will there be a Tom Brady quarter, US Olympic gold medalists quarters, a Truman Capote quarter, a Henry Ford quarter, a Jackson Pollock quarter...?

There might be if they issue commerative sets honoring great american athletes, great american inventors, great american artists and authors.

It's a possiblity.