The U.S. Mint will begin shipping coins featuring actress Anna May Wong on Monday, the first U.S. currency to feature an Asian American.
"Why is it that the screen Chinese is nearly always the villain of the piece, and so cruel a villain — murderous, treacherous, a snake in the grass," she told the newspaper."We are not like that."
Wong's career spanned 60 films — many in the silent era — and she earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. The U.S. Mint is expected to produce more than 300 million Wong quarters at facilities in Philadelphia and Denver.Burwell and Burwell Photography/United States Mint The U.S. Mint is expected to produce more than 300 million Wong quarters at facilities in Philadelphia and Denver.
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