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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 563692, member: 17753&quot;]The Duke, though, was born and raised in DC, while Douglass was born in Md.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I hear the point, that any coin that has a figure on it (other than a figure that represents the entire US) is going to have limited appeal.&nbsp; DC&#039;s problem, however, is: what is famous in DC that&#039;s not already on a coin?&nbsp; Further, why should DC honor, say, the Capitol, when they don&#039;t even have a representative in Congress?&nbsp; Most of the other monuments are to a person that&#039;s too &quot;national&quot; to represent DC (besides, most monuments to persons are of persons already on coins).&nbsp; All that said, a nice pic of the National Mall (with cherry blossoms) might have been nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting discussion . . . </p><p><br /></p><p>(And, yeah, I agree, many of the state quarters have the most blandest designs . . . )</p><p><br /></p><p>Trivia: Is Duke Ellington the first black person to grace a circulating coin?&nbsp; (I&#039;m guessing yes, but I don&#039;t know)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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