Wilma Mankiller Quarter: Value, Mintage and Errors
The 2022 Wilma Mankiller quarter is worth 25 cents in circulated condition. 607,400,000 were struck, 310,000,000 at Philadelphia and 297,400,000 at Denver. Released on 6 June 2022, it was the third coin of the program. One of the reverse inscriptions, CHEROKEE NATION, is written in the Cherokee syllabary.
What this coin looks like
The reverse of the Wilma Mankiller quarter shows her with what the Mint calls "a resolute gaze to the future." The wind is at her back and she is wrapped in a traditional shawl. To her left is the seven-pointed star of the Cherokee Nation. The inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, QUARTER DOLLAR, WILMA MANKILLER, PRINCIPAL CHIEF and CHEROKEE NATION, the last written in the Cherokee syllabary.
The design is by Artistic Infusion Program artist Benjamin (Ben) Sowards and was sculpted by U.S. Mint Medallic Artist Phebe Hemphill. In the Mint's June 2022 release Sowards said, "Principal Chief Mankiller demonstrated that the power to change our communities is limited only by our vision." It was the third coin in the American Women Quarters Program.
The reverse inscriptions read:
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- E PLURIBUS UNUM
- QUARTER DOLLAR
- WILMA MANKILLER
- PRINCIPAL CHIEF
- CHEROKEE NATION
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 Wilma Mankiller quarter an error?
Yes. The Mankiller quarter has more documented errors than any other coin in the series:
- 2022-D on a nickel planchet, PCGS MS64, reported by Mike Byers in CoinWeek on 23 June 2026 as only the second publicly reported off-metal error in the program. No sale price has been published.
- 2022-D with the obverse clad layer missing, 4.8 g, NGC MS-62, certificate 6978464-003.
- 2022-P with a retained die break on the obverse, NGC MS-63, certificate 6979946-001.
Each of these is a single certified coin, not a variety that repeats across thousands of coins. An ordinary Mankiller quarter from change is not an error.
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) | 310,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Denver (D) | 297,400,000 |
| Total for circulation | 607,400,000 |
| Rank in the series | 18 of 20 by circulation mintage, lowest first |
| San Francisco (S) uncirculated | 304,640 reported (collectors only) |
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 Wilma Mankiller quarter directly to collectors. None were released into circulation.
| 2022-S uncirculated | 304,640 reported. Only in the 2022 three-roll set (40 P, 40 D, 40 S), $54.00 at issue |
|---|---|
| 2022-S clad proof | 442,823 reported. In the 2022 U.S. Mint Proof Set and the 2022 American Women Quarters Proof Set ($21.00 at issue, 42,821 sold) |
| 2022-S silver proof | 356,873 reported. In the 2022 Silver Proof Set, the Limited Edition Silver Proof Set and the 2022 American Women Quarters Silver Proof Set ($73.00 at issue, 57,768 sold) |
S figures are reported, not Mint-published; the S table explains where they come from. 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 Wilma Mankiller?
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was born on 18 November 1945 at Hastings Indian Hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to Clara Irene Sitton and Charley Mankiller, a Cherokee. She spent her early childhood on the family's allotment, known as Mankiller Flats, near Rocky Mountain in Adair County, Oklahoma; the family moved into a house there in 1948.
In 1956, under the federal Indian relocation program run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the family moved to San Francisco. She graduated from high school there in 1963 and married Hector Hugo Olaya de Bardi the same year; they divorced in 1974. The occupation of Alcatraz Island by Native activists, which began in November 1969, drew her into activism, and she supported it with fundraising and supplies. In the early 1970s she worked on the Pit River Tribe's land claim and as a social worker focused on children.
She returned to Oklahoma in the 1970s and went to work for the Cherokee Nation. On 9 November 1979 she was badly injured in a car crash in which the other driver, her friend Sherry Morris, was killed. After recovering, she developed community projects such as one in Bell, Oklahoma, where residents laid about 16 miles of water pipe themselves. In 1981 Principal Chief Ross Swimmer named her the first director of the Cherokee Nation's Community Development Department.
In 1983 she ran as Swimmer's deputy and became the first woman elected deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation, taking office in August 1983. When Swimmer left for a federal post, she was sworn in as Principal Chief on 5 December 1985, the first woman to hold the office. In 1987 she won 45 percent of the vote in the first round and then won the run-off, becoming the first woman elected principal chief, and in 1991 she was re-elected with 83 percent of the vote. The Mint notes that her administration focused on health care, education, jobs and community development, and that under her leadership infant mortality declined, educational levels rose and employment doubled.
She married Charlie Soap, who had worked with her on the Bell project, in 1986. She received a kidney transplant from her brother Don in 1990, and later a second from her niece. In 1993 she published her autobiography, Mankiller: A Chief and Her People, written with Michael Wallis. Because of health problems, including lymphoma, she did not run again, and she left office on 14 August 1995; Joe Byrd succeeded her.
In 1998 President Bill Clinton awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. After leaving office, the Mint notes, she remained "a strong voice worldwide for social justice, native people, and women." Wilma Mankiller died of pancreatic cancer on 6 April 2010 at her home in rural Adair County, Oklahoma, at the age of 64.
She was selected as the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, whose administration focused on health care, education and community development.
The design
| Reverse designer | Ben Sowards, U.S. Mint Artistic Infusion Program |
|---|---|
| Reverse sculptor | Phebe Hemphill, U.S. Mint medallic artist |
| Obverse | Laura Gardin Fraser, designed and sculpted, 1931 |
| Released | 6 June 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 Wilma Mankiller 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 Wilma Mankiller quarters were made?
- 607,400,000 in total: 310,000,000 at Philadelphia and 297,400,000 at Denver.
- When was the Wilma Mankiller quarter released?
- It entered circulation on 6 June 2022.
- Who designed the Wilma Mankiller quarter?
- The reverse was designed by Ben Sowards of the Mint's Artistic Infusion Program and sculpted by U.S. Mint medallic artist Phebe Hemphill. The obverse, shared by all 20 coins, is by Laura Gardin Fraser.
- What is on the back of the Wilma Mankiller quarter?
- Wilma Mankiller wrapped in a traditional shawl with the wind at her back, next to the seven-pointed star of the Cherokee Nation, with CHEROKEE NATION written in the Cherokee syllabary.
- What does the Cherokee writing on the Wilma Mankiller quarter say?
- It is the name of the Cherokee Nation, written in the Cherokee syllabary, according to the U.S. Mint.
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 Begins Shipping Third American Women Quarters Program Coins (6 June 2022)
- Wilma Mankiller Quarter Launch, U.S. Mint (24 June 2022)
- Wilma Mankiller, Wikipedia
- H.Res. 1237 (111th Congress), honoring Wilma Mankiller
Last verified: October 2026. Mintage figures are final.