Nina Otero-Warren Quarter: Value, Mintage and Errors
The 2022 Nina Otero-Warren quarter is worth 25 cents in circulated condition. 444,200,000 were struck, 225,000,000 at Philadelphia and 219,200,000 at Denver. Released on 15 August 2022, it was the fourth coin of the program. Its inscription VOTO PARA LA MUJER is the Spanish counterpart of the suffrage slogan "Votes for Women."
What this coin looks like
The reverse of the Nina Otero-Warren quarter shows her portrait on the left, flanked by three individual yucca flowers, the state flower of New Mexico. The inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, QUARTER DOLLAR, E PLURIBUS UNUM, NINA OTERO-WARREN and VOTO PARA LA MUJER, which the Mint describes as the Spanish counterpart of the suffragist slogan "Votes for Women."
The design is by Artistic Infusion Program designer Chris Costello and was sculpted by U.S. Mint Medallic Artist Craig A. Campbell. Costello said the Spanish inscription "is a nod to Warren's belief that the use of Spanish was critical in the New Mexico suffrage movement" and that "the Art Deco typography reflects America's progressive mood during the early 20th century." The fourth coin in the American Women Quarters Program, it began shipping on 15 August 2022.
The reverse inscriptions read:
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- QUARTER DOLLAR
- E PLURIBUS UNUM
- NINA OTERO-WARREN
- VOTO PARA LA MUJER
The obverse is the same on all 20 coins in the series: George Washington facing right, with LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, the date and the mint mark. The mint mark is to the right of Washington's neck, below the date. P is Philadelphia, D is Denver, S is San Francisco and appears only on proof and collector issues.
Is my Nina Otero-Warren quarter an error?
No error unique to this coin is documented. The claim most often attached to it is that VOTO PARA LA MUJER is upside down. It is not. The inscription is set at an angle because that is the design, and every Otero-Warren quarter has it. It is not a rotated die.
What people most often bring to this coin are the three claims that attach to every coin in the series: a faint G in IN GOD WE TRUST (not an error, it is the typeface), flat shiny doubling on the lettering (machine doubling, not a doubled die), and small raised lumps from die chips. The errors page has nine tests that separate a genuine mint error from damage, and the short list of errors that are actually documented in this program.
What is it worth?
| Found in change | 25 cents |
|---|---|
| Uncirculated, from a Mint roll or bag | $1 to $2 |
| Certified mint state | A few dollars, rising to roughly $86 at the top of the population for the series |
| Clad proof (S mint) | Typically less than the cost of grading it |
| Silver proof (S mint, .999 fine) | A floor set by the silver price, plus a small premium |
Values as of October 2026. The full reasoning, including the four cases where a coin in this series is genuinely worth more, is on the value page.
How many were made
| Philadelphia (P) | 225,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Denver (D) | 219,200,000 |
| Total | 444,200,000 |
| Rank in the series | 13 of 20 by mintage, lowest first |
| San Francisco (S) | Not published by the Mint |
San Francisco (S) figures are not shown because the Mint has never published per-design mintages for S-mint American Women Quarters. Any S figure published elsewhere is a secondary-source estimate, and the two most commonly cited sets contradict each other.
See the full mintage table for all 20 designs, or the key date page for where this coin sits in the series.
Collector versions
Besides the Philadelphia and Denver coins in circulation, the Mint sold three San Francisco versions of the 2022 Nina Otero-Warren quarter directly to collectors. None were released into circulation.
| 2022-S uncirculated | Only in the 2022 three-roll set (40 P, 40 D, 40 S), $54.00 at issue |
|---|---|
| 2022-S clad proof | In the 2022 American Women Quarters Proof Set, $21.00 at issue, 42,821 sets sold |
| 2022-S silver proof | In the 2022 American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set, $73.00 at issue, 57,768 sets sold |
Set sales are as reported by CoinNews on 21 October 2026. Details on the proof and silver proof sets and the Mint rolls and bags.
Who was Nina Otero-Warren?
María Adelina Isabel Emilia Otero, known as Nina, was born on 23 October 1881 at La Constancia, her family's hacienda near Los Lunas, New Mexico. Her parents were Eloisa Luna and Manuel B. Otero. Her father died in 1883 after a quarrel with Anglo settlers who disputed his ownership of land, and in 1886 her mother married Alfred Maurice Bergere.
She attended St. Vincent's Academy in Albuquerque and then, for two years, the Maryville College of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1897 the family moved to Santa Fe. In 1908 she married Rawson D. Warren, an Army lieutenant; they divorced in 1910, and she kept his surname.
After her mother's death in 1914 she joined Alice Paul's Congressional Union campaign in New Mexico and became a leader of the state's suffrage movement. Paul appointed her to lead the state chapter of the Congressional Union, the forerunner of the National Woman's Party. She stressed, as the Mint puts it, "the necessity of using the Spanish language" to reach Hispanic women, and she campaigned for ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which took effect in 1920.
In 1917 she became the first woman to serve as superintendent of the Santa Fe public schools, a post she held until 1929. She pressed for higher standards and for literacy in both English and Spanish. In 1919 Governor Octaviano Larrazolo appointed her to the state Board of Health, which she later chaired. She did not seek another term as superintendent after a conflict-of-interest controversy in 1927, and her half-sister Anita Bergere succeeded her.
In 1922 she won the Republican nomination for New Mexico's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating the incumbent, Néstor Montoya, but she lost the general election to the Democrat John Morrow. From 1923 she served for a few years as Santa Fe County's inspector of Indian schools.
In the early 1930s she and Mamie Meadors homesteaded a ranch, also called Las Dos, about 12 miles outside Santa Fe. In 1930 she became director of literacy education for the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Mexico. Under the name Nina Otero she published Old Spain in Our Southwest in 1936. She directed adult literacy work in New Mexico for the Works Progress Administration, served on the executive board of the American Red Cross, and in 1947 she and Meadors founded Las Dos Realty and Insurance Company in Santa Fe, which she continued after Meadors died in 1951.
Nina Otero-Warren died on 3 January 1965 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the house where she had grown up, at the age of 83. In announcing her quarter, Mint Director Ventris C. Gibson called her "a courageous advocate for women, children, and Hispanic and Native American communities."
She was selected as a leader of the suffrage movement in New Mexico who used Spanish to reach Hispanic women and became the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools.
The design
| Reverse designer | Chris Costello, U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program |
|---|---|
| Reverse sculptor | Craig A. Campbell, U.S. Mint medallic artist |
| Obverse | Laura Gardin Fraser, designed and sculpted, 1931 |
| Released | 15 August 2022 |
Specifications
| Composition, circulating | 91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel (pure copper core, copper-nickel outer layers) |
|---|---|
| Composition, silver proof | .999 fine silver |
| Weight | 5.670 g clad, 6.343 g silver proof |
| Diameter | 24.26 mm |
| Thickness | 1.75 mm |
| Edge | reeded, 119 reeds |
| Mints | Philadelphia (P) and Denver (D) for circulation; San Francisco (S) for proof and collector issues |
No American Women Quarter was struck in 90% silver. The Mint moved its silver proof sets to .999 fine silver with the 2019-dated issues, before this program began.
Frequently asked questions
- How much is the Nina Otero-Warren quarter worth?
- Twenty-five cents in circulated condition. An uncirculated example from a Mint roll or bag trades for one to two dollars.
- How many Nina Otero-Warren quarters were made?
- 444,200,000 in total: 225,000,000 at Philadelphia and 219,200,000 at Denver.
- When was the Nina Otero-Warren quarter released?
- It entered circulation on 15 August 2022.
- Who designed the Nina Otero-Warren quarter?
- The reverse was designed by Chris Costello of the Mint's Artistic Infusion Program and sculpted by U.S. Mint medallic artist Craig A. Campbell. The obverse, shared by all 20 coins, is by Laura Gardin Fraser.
- What does VOTO PARA LA MUJER mean on the Nina Otero-Warren quarter?
- It is Spanish for "Votes for Women," the suffrage slogan. Designer Chris Costello said it reflects Otero-Warren's belief that using Spanish was critical in the New Mexico suffrage movement.
- What flowers are on the Nina Otero-Warren quarter?
- Three yucca flowers. The yucca is the state flower of New Mexico.
Sources
- Mintage figures: U.S. Mint circulating coin production dataset.
- Designer and sculptor credits: U.S. Mint, cross-checked against the artists' initials on the coin.
- Coin photograph: United States Mint image.
- United States Mint Announces Designs for 2022 American Women Quarters Program Coins (6 October 2021)
- United States Mint to Begin Shipping Fourth American Women Quarters Program Coins August 15 (8 August 2022)
- Historic Change: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Nina Otero-Warren, U.S. Mint (29 September 2022)
- Nina Otero-Warren, National Park Service
- Nina Otero-Warren, Wikipedia
- Nina Otero, New Mexico History (newmexicohistory.org)
Last verified: October 2026. Mintage figures are final.