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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Were there other options? Was there a vote?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I would have to say as a foreigner I can't think of anything Alabama is famous for except race riots so maybe Helen Keller was a better option, but I can think of several famous things from D.C.
One of which is already on the back of another US coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Six of the top 10 buildings in the American Institute of Architects' 2007 ranking of "America's Favorite Architecture" are located in the District of Columbia,[58] including: the White House; the Washington National Cathedral; the Thomas Jefferson Memorial; the United States Capitol; the Lincoln Memorial; and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 , there are much better things that represent DC than a jazz musician. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sir Ferrari: "There are much better things that represent DC than a jazz musician." Yeah, like The White House !To paraphrase the line in "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", Duke Ellington made his mark passing through history, but The White House IS History! NO disrespect intended to Duke Ellington, who would (beyond any doubt) would be a great subject for a commemorative coin. Edited by DNA
12/16/2008 10:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reason the duke ellington design was selected was that an earlier submission had critizied the federal government's taxing of dc without representation in congress. This was deemed inappropriate and so another design had to be submitted. I hope they continue on with the territories, because there are ten more united states territories that are ignored by the current program. If these are included then the program could possibly be extended by two years.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ya know, Alan Hale, Sr. was also born in D.C. Couldn't they have done some wacky twist to that and had his son, the Skipper, and Bob Denver as Gilligan on the reverse of the D.C. coin? I would've bought a roll of those for sure.
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 United States
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there are ten more united states territories that are ignored by the current program. If you are referring to the Minor Outlying Islands, I believe they were not included because none of them have permanent residents. Edited by jbuck
12/17/2008 11:44 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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See above, it is currently known as H.R. 6184 "America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008" and it is still languishing in the Senate so it is unknown at this point whether these coins will come into being or not. Bad news folks, the Senate passed HR 6184 two days ago. All it needs now is the Presidents signature and we get National Historic Sites for eleven and possibly 22 years The legislation also includes the design for the "permanent" quarte after the series ends. Washington crossing the Delaware. In effect we get the NJ quarter again. After they rejected the "Taxation without representation " idea there were three design possibilities: Duke Ellington, Fredrick Douglas, and Benjamin Banneker. Personally I think Banneker would have been the better choice. Ellington's connection to the city was he was born there and moved away when he was 19 then later became famous. Douglas's connection to the city was that he became famous and then moved there in 1872 and lived there till he died in 1895. Banneker's connection was that he did the surveying that laid out the boundaries of the District and city and the lay out of streets for the city. Edited by Conder101
12/17/2008 11:56 am
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I think Banneker would have been the better choice... Benneker's connection was that he did the surveying that laid out the boundries of the District and city and the lay out of streets for the city. I agree. That would have been a great choice of historical significance. I think they really dropped the ball on this one.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I hate to go against the currently popular wisdom, but it seems that Washington DC buildings and monuments are already all over US coins and commemoratives. What use is another view of already overdone depictions of buildings? Those buildings and monuments are symbols of our nation, and do not represent Washington, DC's view of itself. Besides, if you look at what DC residents generally think of the person who has been residing in the White House for the past 8 years, you'd probably understand why they might be reluctant to use that particular symbol at this point in time. Why would you want a picture of a house that isn't even lived in by a true Washington, DC resident to appear on your quarter? I suggest you at least read the wikipedia entry on Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington prior to disparaging the choice any further. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well maybe they will do one national park a year
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United States
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And then we would have no permanent reverse for fifty years!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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well maybe they will do one national park a year
133 national parks and national monuments...(don't forget the 80,000 national historic sites if for some god-awful reason they decide to do them too ) 1 per year... Do the math, none of us would live to see the end of the series... Edited by Sir Ferrari
12/17/2008 3:13 pm
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United States
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They are only going to do one per state and territory, so actually one per year would be fifty-five years.  Quote:The National Parks State Quarter program is a new circulating U.S. quarter-dollar coin series that begins in 2010. The series is modeled on the hugely successful 50 State Quarters® Program. The U.S. Mint will issue the quarters at the rate of 5 coins per year for 11 years, producing one National Parks Quarter for each of the 50 U.S. states, plus Washington, D.C. and 4 territories. But yes, if they did all of the legitimate sites, it would take forever!  More information. |
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