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NEWS ABOUT: commemorative coin

commemorative coin stories: 3 news summaries

 Jazz Great 
 Ellington 
 Will Grace 
 DC Quarter 

Capital honors native son with commemorative coin

Feb 24, 09 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Late jazz legend Duke Ellington has been chosen to appear on the District of Columbia's commemorative quarter, CNN reports. The composer and performer, a DC native who died in 1975, beat out abolitionist Frederick Douglass and surveyor and astronomer Benjamin Banneker in a vote of the capital's residents. Ellington becomes... More »

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African Americans • Washington DC • quarters • jazz • coins • US Mint • commemorative coin

 Lincoln Penny Gets a Redesign 

Commemorative issue marks Lincoln's 200th birthday, and the coin's 100th

Sep 22, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Mint today unveiled four new designs that will adorn the back of the Lincoln penny next year to commemorate the bicentennial of Honest Abe’s birth, CNNMoney reports. The classic portrait of the 16th president will remain on the heads side. The reverse will depict scenes from Lincoln’... More »

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money • Abraham Lincoln • US Mint • penny • commemorative coin • legal tender • bicentennial

 First Braille Coin Unveiled 

Silver dollar celebrates 200th birthday of creator of blind alphabet

Jul 3, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Mint unveiled the first coin bearing readable Braille letters yesterday. The silver dollar features the letters "Brl," code for Braille, and honors the 200th birthday of the eponymous creator of the alphabet for the blind, the AP reports. "This is going to put Braille in... More »

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blindness • US currency • coins • National Federation for the Blind • Louis Braille • commemorative coin

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