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NMI selects quarter design - CoinNews
Jul 4 at 11:11am
Gov. Benigno R. Fitial revealed the selected Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) quarter design and has forwarded the decision to the United States Mint.
Unlike the quarter selection process for the District of Columbia and other U.S. Territories which involved public voting, the CNMI design was chosen by a three-member commission set up by the governor — attorney Teresa Kim, the governor’s special assistant for administration Esther Fleming, and Catherine Perry Anderson.
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Ellington Comes Out Ahead in Coin Tossup - washingtonpost.com
Jun 20 at 11:11pm
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.
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Virgin Islands Commemorative Quarter Designs - CoinNews
Jun 10 at 9:09am
Artist renderings of three Virgin Islands commemorative quarter designs have been prepared by the United States Mint and sent back to the Office of the Governor for review. U.S. Virgin Island residents can vote for their favorite design online or by mail-in ballot. Voting ends Friday, June 13.
The winning design will be recommended to the U.S. Mint as the selected commemorative quarter for issuance next year as part of the District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program.
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Guam quarter designs released - CoinNews
May 27 at 11:11pm
Artist renderings of Guam commemorative quarter designs have been prepared by the United States Mint and sent back for review. And just as Guam residents were asked to help create the designs, they were asked once again by Governor Felix P. Camacho to cast their vote for a favorite.
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American Samoa commemorative quarter design finalists - CoinNews
May 20 at 1:01pm
Three American Samoa commemorative quarter finalist designs have been prepared by the United States Mint and will now receive their final reviews in Washington DC from the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and, today, by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC).
With the conclusion of the successful 50 State Quarters® Program in 2008, the quarter design “baton” has changed hands from the states and moved to honor the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories with their six new quarters in 2009.
After seeing the three design renderings, American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono commented…
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Washington D.C. quarter designs - NumisMaster
May 16 at 10:10am
Drawings of designs for the Washington, D.C., quarter as well as those for the five insular territories - Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands have been sent to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in anticipation of its May 15 meeting and to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee for its May 20 meeting review.
Some of the coins contain inscriptions in three languages - English, Latin and the islands’ native languages - and each contains design elements that were suggested by government authorities and forwarded to the Mint. The accompanying illustrations were obtained early through a Freedom of Information Act inquiry.
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