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8 January 2009

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Ellington Comes Out Ahead in Coin Tossup - washingtonpost.com

The people of the District of Columbia have spoken. And the winner is: Duke Ellington.

More than 6,000 D.C. residents chose among three legendary local figures to be memorialized on the back of a U.S. quarter that will be minted to represent the District. Ellington, the jazz great, received 36 percent of the vote.

Entire article: Ellington Comes Out Ahead in Coin Tossup - washingtonpost.com

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