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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2113167, member: 73555&quot;]The coin for Washington&#039;s 200th birth anniversary was originally intended as a half dollar.&nbsp; Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>As the United States prepared to celebrate the 1932 bicentennial of the birth of its first president, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington" rel="nofollow">George Washington</a>, members of the bicentennial committee established by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" rel="nofollow">Congress</a> sought a Washington half dollar. They wanted to displace for that year only the regular issue <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_Liberty_half_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_Liberty_half_dollar" rel="nofollow">Walking Liberty half dollar</a>; instead Congress permanently replaced the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_Liberty_quarter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_Liberty_quarter" rel="nofollow">Standing Liberty quarter</a>, requiring that a depiction of Washington appear on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse" rel="nofollow">obverse</a> of the new coin. The committee had engaged sculptor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Gardin_Fraser" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Gardin_Fraser" rel="nofollow">Laura Gardin Fraser</a> to design a commemorative medal, and wanted her to adapt her design for the quarter. Although Fraser&#039;s work was supported by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_of_Fine_Arts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_of_Fine_Arts" rel="nofollow">Commission of Fine Arts</a> and its chairman, Charles W. Moore, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury" rel="nofollow">Treasury Secretary</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_W._Mellon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_W._Mellon" rel="nofollow">Andrew W. Mellon</a> chose a design by Flanagan, and Mellon&#039;s successor, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_L._Mills" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden_L._Mills" rel="nofollow">Ogden L. Mills</a>, refused to disturb the decision.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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