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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 475285, member: 15062&quot;]<blockquote><p>(E) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS. <u>No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person</u>, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person <u>may be included in the design of any quarter dollar</u> under this subsection.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what to make of this section of the authorizing law for the 50 state quarter program.&nbsp; By my quick count, nine of the state quarters do have representations of real, identifiable persons.&nbsp; Maybe the literal reading of the law - No head and shoulders portrait... - leaves room to show a full length portrait.&nbsp; But then what about the South Dakota quarter?</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Delware - Caesar Rodney riding horse</p><p>2. New Jersey - George Wshington crossing the Delaware</p><p>3. North Crolina - Wright Brothers, Orville flying, Wilbur standing</p><p>4. Illinois - Abraham Lincoln standing</p><p>5. Alabama - Helen Keller seated</p><p>6. Missouri - Lewis and Clark in boat</p><p>7. California - John Muir looking at mountain</p><p>8. South Dakota - Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln on Mount Rushmore</p><p>9. Hawaii - King Kamehameha I[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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