At that time, the public will be welcome to submit any comments, which could include suggestions for names of other women who might deserve consideration to appear on these coins. This preliminary list of names provided by these three organizations will be published in the Federal Register. Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, the US Commission of Fine Arts and potentially the general public, d) for the final designs to be selected and e) for Mint staff to prepare the master dies to strike the coins. Relatively quick action is necessary in order to allow time a) to finish the process of identifying the 20 women to be honored on the quarters, b) for Mint staff to prepare possible designs, c) for the candidate designs to be evaluated by the U.S. However, since the first quarter will appear in 2022, it is obvious that this is likely to be ready within a few months.
It is not specified how long this process will take. So far as I know, there is no requirement that this preliminary list be limited to 20 names. The three organizations named in (E)(iii) above are assigned to come up with a preliminary list of women who might be featured on these coins. The selection process for which women might appear on these coins has now been defined.
“(iii) in consultation with the Smithsonian Institution American Women’s History Initiative, National Women’s History Museum, and the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus." “(ii) after soliciting recommendations from the general public for prominent women designs for quarter dollars and