2025-D Stacey Park Milbern

The Denver striking of the Stacey Park Milbern quarter delivers the most genuinely scarce circulation issue of the entire 2025 American Women slate. At 59,400,000 pieces, this mintage ranks as one of the lowest Denver totals of the year, sitting just above Vera Rubin's 63,000,000 and well below the broader program averages that routinely cleared 80 to 120 million. Milbern herself remains one of the youngest honorees across the four-year run, a Korean American disability justice organizer whose Oakland-based Disability Justice Culture Club reframed national conversations about access, mutual aid, and emergency preparedness before her death in June 2020 at age 33. The combination of a generationally young subject and a constrained Denver output makes this issue a meaningful final-year sub-issue for collectors tracking scarcity patterns across the closing program. Public Law 116-330 capped the American Women Quarters Program at four years, and 2025 brought that arc to its conclusion.

Specifications follow the standard quarter format with a 5.67 gram weight, 24.3 millimeter diameter, and reeded edge, composed of 91.67 percent copper and 8.33 percent nickel clad over a copper core. The obverse preserves Laura Gardin Fraser's 1932 Washington portrait; the reverse, executed by an Artistic Infusion Program designer per the United States Mint press release, depicts Milbern alongside elements connected to disability solidarity. Authentication of Denver strikes turns on the D mintmark sharply impressed above the date, consistent flow lines from circulation use, and the matte cartwheel typical of business-strike clad coinage. Counterfeit risk is negligible at this denomination, but added-mintmark fakes occasionally appear when scarcity narratives spread.

Roll-sourced gem examples in MS-67 from Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) and Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) holders trade actively, with population reports still maturing. Mintage scarcity supports premium retention. Denver bank-roll examples occasionally surface in original-mint condition from regional dealers, which provides a reliable acquisition path for set builders pursuing certified gem grades. See the Washington Quarters (American Women) series history.