Celia Cruz, the singer known as the “Queen of Salsa,” will be featured on United States quarters beginning in 2024, the U.S. Mint announced. The renowned artist is the first Afro-Latina to ...

What to Know The face of the wonderful and legendary Cuban Celia Cruz, the Salsa Queen or the Guarachera of Cuba as many know her, is already immortalized on a 0.25-cent coin and the coins began ...

By Isabella Simonetti Celia Cruz, a Cuban American singer who was known as the Queen of Salsa, will be the first Afro-Latina woman to appear on American quarters as part of a U.S. Mint initiative.

The limited edition Celia Cruz quarters are officially in circulation starting Monday, the first U.S. coins to feature an Afro-Latina figure. Cruz, the four-time Latin Grammy award winner known ...