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  • The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 10, March 9, 2008, Article 16

    CORRECTION: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COIN NOT A "STATE" QUARTER

    Wayne K. Schroll writes: "The 2009, six quarter-dollar coins
    to be issued by the U.S. Mint (District of Columbia and the
    five United States Territories) are not part of the 50 State
    Quarters Program as stated in the Washington Post articles,
    which they sometimes refer to as the "50 States coin program".
    These six coins comprise 'The District of Columbia and United
    States Territories Quarter Program', a new program from the
    U.S. Mint.

    The following links from the US Mint are clear:
    Fifty States Quarters Program
    DC and Teritories

    "Philosophically speaking, I have to wonder about the choice
    'Taxation Without Representation', when in fact the popular
    colonial slogan coined by Boston's Jonathan Mayhew was
    'No Taxation Without Representation'. The difference seems
    significant."

    [These programs are closely linked in the public eye, but
    it is surprising that the Washington Post would have gotten
    it wrong. I had to reread the article before I caught the
    reference. Earlier in the article the report called the coin
    simply, the "soon-to-be-minted D.C. quarter". I was careful
    to put the word "state" in quotes in my introduction. But I
    have a feeling that correcting the public and the media on
    the distinction is as fruitless as correcting use of the word
    "penny" in reference to the U.S. cent. We feel obligated to
    do it, yet come away with a headache from repeatedly bashing
    the same target again and again.

    Thanks for pointing out the origin and nuance of the proposed
    taxation slogan. I guess one could argue that in D.C. today
    residents are already IN a "state" of Taxation Without
    Representation, and that the slogan is meant to call attention
    to their plight. "No Taxation Without Representation" would
    be more of a call-to-action slogan than a situation description.
    -Editor]

    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA'S QUARTER CONUNDRUM
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