DCist: D.C.'s State Quarter to Feature Duke Ellington, Comes Out Jan. 26

fuckregistering

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:45:43 -0500

When I think of Washington DC, I definitely think of Duke Ellington. Great choice DC!

mho

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:07:42 -0500

Hmmmm...I thought [open carat]3 was pretty standard for representing "heart" and wouldn't be mistaken for bad code...oh well, anyway, it should have been: I [heart] Chuck Brown.

mho

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:05:24 -0500

Should have been: I

Henry Krinkle

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:15:47 -0500

They should have used an image of that guy who stands by the newspaper machines outside of Union Station and yells all day about how the government has been stealing his money.

IMGoph

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:00:16 -0500

a quarter with bush hoisted on his own petard would have been even better!

DJ Jesus Loves Lucy

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:35:12 -0500

Shoulda been a picture of Ben's...

kylelovescrayons

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:27:21 -0500

so it's agreed then we will all buy those lil sharpies and write taxation without representation as best we can on the quarters and hope they circulate ... although i bet sharpie wipes right off of metal. Dammn

Just161

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:16:01 -0500

Norton stepped in and demanded that District residents be given a choice, which they were Since the "no taxation" design was rejected, I guess we weren't given much of a "choice," were we?

Mike Licht

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:28:30 -0500

I would have preferred seeing lyric soprano Lillian Evans Tibbs Evanti on the DC quarter dollar coin. While not as influential As E.K. Ellington, she was a fine artist and, unlike the Duke, actually returned to live and teach in Washington. Quite a handsome woman, too.

cyrinaldi

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:26:36 -0500

i think we can ALL agree marion barry would be most best.

yonas

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:00:48 -0500

Not bad. I would have preferred a Dave Chappelle quarter.

sumergocognito

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:00:59 -0500

Having read serious newspapers claim that Bill Clinton "brought jazz [to Washington DC]" I've made my peace with this design. I still think Frederick Douglass would have been better (Walt Whitman wouldn't have been bad either). At least it's not the Washington Monument.

cyrinaldi

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:17:57 -0500

badass!

DE

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:33:38 -0500

Woot!

out_on_an_island

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:51:11 -0500

Haha, 'D.C. State Quarter.' That's rich.

sticks

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:50:30 -0500

at least we get one. coins: 1 votes: 0