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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kbabyjohnson01, post: 1542671, member: 37983&quot;]Your favorite: Washington Quarters.</p><p>Interesting fact: President Washington would be a bit surprised to find himself on the quarter. In considering designs for the first U.S. coins, he and Congress rejected designs picturing him because it reminded them too much like monarchy, the very thing from which the United States had rebelled. But in 1899, Washington&#039;s image was placed on a U.S. coin—the Lafayette dollar. Then in 1932, Washington appeared once again on a U.S. coin—the quarter—and still does today. Also, American coins seldom show living people ever since George Washington refused to appear on a coin because kings often put themselves on coins. But we sometimes break this &quot;rule,&quot; and the governor of Alabama was the first. In 1921, Alabama&#039;s Governor Thomas Kilby was shown next to the Governor of 100 years earlier—William Bibb—on the Alabama Centennial Half Dollar. (Had to include a fact that included Alabama)</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite: Lincoln Penny</p><p>Interesting fact: The Lincoln penny was the first cent on which appeared the words &quot;In God We Trust.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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