March 12 is an annual holiday known as National Girl Scout Day, celebrating the organization that was founded in Savannah, Georgia, by Juliette Gordon Low on March 12, 1912, and has enriched and empowered generations of females. Low brought 18 girls together to hold the first Girl Scout meeting in 1912, and in the decades that followed millions more would join in community service projects, outdoor adventures, and leadership training – all with the aim of building confidence and courage in young girls. More than a century and countless Thin Mint cookies later, the Girl Scouts boast some 2.5 million members across the United States and around the world.
The United States Mint has paid homage to the Girl Scouts at least twice on coins in recent years. In 2013, the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Centennial Commemorative Silver Dollar was released in uncirculated and proof finishes, with 37,462 of the former and 86,355 of the latter issued by the U.S. Mint. The Girl Scouts Dollar, which barely sold through even one-third of its total authorized mintage of 350,000, did not sell enough units to repay production costs; therefore none of the $10 surcharges levied per coin made it back to benefit the Girl Scouts. The coin nevertheless remains a meaningful symbol of the Girl Scouts legacy.
Another coin was released a dozen years later that saw much greater exposure in the public and honors the Girl Scouts founder herself. The 2025 Juliette Gordon Low Quarter, one of the last entries in the American Women Quarters Program, saw tens of millions of strikes enter circulation as well as production in special silver proof formats for collectors. The 2025 Juliette Gordon Low Quarter is widely accessible in circulation at face value, though high-end examples are treasured by collectors and regularly included in PCGS Registry Sets.