According to US media reports, in October this year, US Mint (U.S. Mint) will launch a 25-cent coin with the avatar of Chinese actress Huang Liushuang (Anna May Wong) to pay tribute to her. She is one of five American women posthumously awarded the honor and will also be the first Chinese face in American currency.
"American Women's Coin Project" is a 25-cent coin series issued from 2022 to 2025. Five coins are designed each year to commemorate women who have made great contributions to the development of the United States.
The front of this series of coins is the avatar of the founding father and first president of the United States George Washington , and the back of the coins is an outstanding American woman. Women who are commended must make outstanding contributions to the United States in the fields of suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, art, etc., and come from different ethnic and regional backgrounds↓
△Photo source: China Daily Bilingual News
Currently, a variety of coins including the images of many celebrities have been released. The Huang Liushuang Coin is the last 25 cent coin this year and will be officially released on October 24.
Philadelphia and Denver mints have begun minting these coins this Monday (17th), and are expected to issue more than 300 million.
It is reported that Huang Liushuang was born in a poor family who opened a laundry in Chinatown, Los Angeles. She has been very interested in movies since she was a child, and she even saved money to skip classes and sneaked onto the set to watch. At the age of 9, she began submitting resumes to producers. At the age of 11, she gave herself the stage name: Anna May Wong.
In the following decades of career, Huang Liushuang became the first Asian movie star in Hollywood , occupying a position in Avenue of Stars , and her achievements during her lifetime were comparable to Bruce Lee . She has starred in dozens of movies, including 1932's " Shanghai Express ", 1921's "Life" and 1922's "Did the Sea". Among them, "The Sea Dead" is one of the earliest color films.
In addition, she also became the statue figures of the "Hollywood Silver Cast Four Ladies Watchtower" with Les Derio , Dorothy Dandridge , May West and Marilyn Monroe.
