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Old February 24th 09, 01:25 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Terry
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The US Mint says

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

I thought the mint had a reference collection !


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Old February 24th 09, 02:14 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Sid H
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"Terry" wrote in message
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The US Mint says

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

I thought the mint had a reference collection !


LOL, #18:
http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint...tion=Fun_facts


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Old February 24th 09, 03:40 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
jim menning
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"Terry" wrote in message
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The US Mint says

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

I thought the mint had a reference collection !


That sounds more like an error of the press, not the US Mint. The official release
page makes no reference to him being an African-American at all.

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/...ories&local=DC


District of Columbia

The District of Columbia quarter is the first of 2009 and the first in the District
of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program. The District of Columbia, created
in 1790, became the Nation's capital on December 1, 1800. The 10-square-mile site,
originally part of Maryland and Virginia, was chosen personally by President George
Washington to fulfill the need for a new Federal district that would not be part of
any state. The District of Columbia quarter reverse features native son Duke
Ellington, the internationally renowned composer and musician, seated at a grand
piano with the inscriptions, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DUKE ELLINGTON and JUSTICE FOR
ALL, the District's motto.

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was born into a middle-class family in Washington,
D.C., in 1899, and started piano lessons at the age of seven. He lived in Washington
until 1923, when he moved to New York City. He began performing professionally at the
age of 17, and once he arrived in New York, started playing in Broadway nightclubs
and eventually led his own band. Ellington made hundreds of recordings -- some with
John Coltrane, Billy Strayhorn, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald – making him
famous worldwide. Throughout his 50-year career, he returned often to Washington to
perform, frequently staying at the Whitelaw Hotel located in his boyhood neighborhood
in Washington. Throughout his life, he received numerous awards and honors, including
multiple Grammy® awards and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 in honor of his
ability to carry the message of freedom to all the Nations of the world through his
gift of music and understanding.

The District of Columbia Quarter Design Advisory Committee, established by Mayor
Adrian M. Fenty, solicited and reviewed reverse design concepts from the public,
narrowing more than 300 down to three, which were sent to the United States Mint for
final artistic renderings. The three concepts each included an individual from a
different century: Duke Ellington; Benjamin Banneker, who assisted with the original
D.C. boundary survey; and Frederick Douglass, the renowned abolitionist and
statesman. The artistic renderings were then proposed to the District, and the Duke
Ellington design was recommended through a public vote, with the Secretary of the
Treasury approving the design on July 31, 2008.


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Old February 24th 09, 03:48 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:53:07 -0800 (PST), Jud
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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?


Crispus Attucks? How about George Washington Carver and Booker T.
Washington? At least they were on REAL coins, not some NCLT junk.


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Old February 24th 09, 03:53 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Jud
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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?
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Old February 24th 09, 04:28 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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Johnny Doe wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:53:07 -0800 (PST), Jud
wrote:



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?


Crispus Attucks? How about George Washington Carver and Booker T.
Washington? At least they were on REAL coins, not some NCLT junk.


I can top all of you. Look in the Redbook under Connecticut coppers of
1785. There is one variety called the "African" head.

James


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Old February 24th 09, 05:55 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Bruce Remick
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"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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Johnny Doe wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:53:07 -0800 (PST), Jud
wrote:



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?


Crispus Attucks? How about George Washington Carver and Booker T.
Washington? At least they were on REAL coins, not some NCLT junk.


I can top all of you. Look in the Redbook under Connecticut coppers of
1785. There is one variety called the "African" head.

James


Considering anonymous African American images, there also were those popular
"Am I Not a Woman/Man..." Conder and HT tokens.





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Old February 24th 09, 06:06 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Frank[_3_]
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On Feb 24, 8:48*am, Johnny Doe wrote:


How about George Washington Carver and Booker T.
Washington? *At least they were on REAL coins, not some NCLT junk.


Those were also NCLT (Non circulating legal tender)


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Old February 24th 09, 06:17 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
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On Feb 24, 7:25*am, "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 !


I wonder if Booker T Washingotn, GW Carver, and Jackie Robinson know
that!
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Old February 24th 09, 09:15 PM posted to rec.collecting.coins
Jud
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Johnny Doe wrote:

Crispus Attucks? How about George Washington Carver and Booker T.
Washington? At least they were on REAL coins, not some NCLT junk.


Sigh OK, here I go! George Washington Carver, Booker T Washington,
and Jackie Robinson coins were all commemoratives, as was the Crispus
Attucks. However, the difference I was trying to state was that only
the latter was referred to by race, the "Black Patriot" coin. I think
that James has the earliest one, although it wasn't referred to as the
African-American head! 8-)
The point I was attempting to make was to differentiate coins named
after the person depicted. AFAIK, nobody refers to the "Black
Patriots" coin as the Crispus Attucks coin. I have failed.
 




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