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<p>[QUOTE="Sundance79, post: 2781027, member: 84413"]I was looking at the standards for the act authorizing the American the Beautiful quarters. <a href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/america-the-beautiful-quarters" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/america-the-beautiful-quarters" rel="nofollow">Read them yourself here.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One section says: </p><p><i>Designs must not include any head-and-shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, nor can designs include a portrait of a living person. Designs must not include an outline or map of a host jurisdiction.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>So what happened with the Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site quarters?? Both clearly have portraits on them.</p><p>Anyone know why this happened? Not that I disagree with having either on the coin. Although the design for the Frederick Douglass quarter has got to be one of the uglyest designs to come out of the mint since the IKE dollar. </p><p>Answers? Comments??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sundance79, post: 2781027, member: 84413"]I was looking at the standards for the act authorizing the American the Beautiful quarters. [URL='https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/america-the-beautiful-quarters']Read them yourself here.[/URL] One section says: [I]Designs must not include any head-and-shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, nor can designs include a portrait of a living person. Designs must not include an outline or map of a host jurisdiction.[/I] So what happened with the Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site quarters?? Both clearly have portraits on them. Anyone know why this happened? Not that I disagree with having either on the coin. Although the design for the Frederick Douglass quarter has got to be one of the uglyest designs to come out of the mint since the IKE dollar. Answers? Comments??[/QUOTE]
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