From October 24th, the United States will launch a new quarter, featuring the famous Chinese Hollywood actress Anna May Wong, who has become the first Asian-American to appear on the U.S. currency. It is worth mentioning that this year happens to be the 100th anniversary of her first starring role in a movie, which also adds a layer of commemorative significance to the distribution and circulation of this coin.

Brand new quarter coin featuring Anna May Yellow on the obverse

Born in Los Angeles in 1905, Anna May Wong made her screen debut at the age of 14, and then gradually made her mark in silent-film Hollywood. In 1922, at the age of 17, Anna May had her first leading role in the film The Toll of the Sea. Since then, she has collaborated with famous Hollywood actors of that era, such as Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Lawrence Oliver, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charles Laughton, in the filming of "Moon Palace Treasure Box", "Chinatown Prosperity Dream" and "Chinatown Prosperity Dream". Shanghai Express" and other masterpieces. Her neat bangs and slender eyebrows also led a new fashion trend full of oriental charm.

Anna May Wong

Although Anna May Wong was born and raised in the United States, she has a deep affection for her homeland. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, she auctioned off her jewelry and sent the money back to China for support; she also ran around the United States to appeal, calling on all walks of life to help China fight against Japanese aggression.

In 1960, Anna May Wong, who had faded out of the screen, had her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The next year, she died of illness at the age of 56.

After entering the new millennium, Anna May Wong's value has been re-recognized, new biographies and documentaries have been released one after another, designers have reproduced her look on the runway, and a new generation of Chinese Hollywood actors such as Jama Chen are also happy to be in public. Tribute to her with makeup. As an American minority woman, Anna May Huang is known to more people for her life legend of bravely fighting against fate under the special background of the times.

The upcoming quarter features Anna May's signature bangs, thin eyebrows and long fingers. It is part of the U.S. Mint's "Outstanding American Women's Mint Program", and four other quarters are also released this year based on outstanding women. Astronaut Sally Ryder, Native American Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller, Hispanic women's suffrage activist and educator Nina Otero-Warren. Among them, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren and Anna May Wong were elected by public vote.