Terry wrote:
The US Mint says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/24/duk...oin/index.html

I thought the mint had a reference collection !

The header of this news blurb states that Duke Ellington is the first
African-American on a US coin. Er...Crispus Attucks strike a famliar
note? Just adding this to my collection of errors made in the news.
Believe everything the news reports?