Re: D.C., Puerto Rico & territory quarter designs submitted for review

On Fri, 16 May 2008 11:24:59 -0400, "Bruce Remick" <remick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"stonej" <stonej@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On May 16, 8:56 am, "Bruce Remick" <rem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "stonej" <sto...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>  D.C. is mostly African American so I think those designs are
appropriate 
>> in that context.   The survey guy is rather obscure.
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>Few DC residents ever heard of Banneker and the few that have probably
don't 
>know what he did.  He apparently never lived in DC, just did some survey 
>work there.  Ellington was born in DC but made his name worldwide and
isn't 
>really otherwise associated with DC per se. 

Right. Except for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts; Duke
Ellington Jazz Festival; Duke Ellington Society; Duke Ellington
Bridge; Duke's City (restaurant/jazz club); etc.

> Douglas was a prominent African 
>American in DC in his time, but that was long ago and mostly forgotten. 
As 
>for the designs, maybe the preliminary line drawings won't do justice to
the 
>final rendering.

Kind of sad that these rather outstanding men have amounted to
"few...ever heard of", "isn't really associated with" and "mostly
forgotten".

>>  The generic looking street scene for Puerto Rico does nothing for me
as 
>> that looks like it could be anyplace,
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>Here, it's the detailed design and composition that impresses me.  Almost

>reminds me of those Austrian famous cathedral series coins.  I presume
the 
>two features are well known in Peurto Rico.

Never fear! They will naturally become entirely unartistic and
uninspired, once the Mint gets hold of the design.

Padraic
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