[Trombone-l] Name that tune

[Philip Brink]

Oh... goodness! That coin with Lincoln shown with a trombone *wasn't* real?

Phil

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Howard Spindel <howard at sci1.com> wrote:

> At 06:30 PM 2/27/2009, billdin at comcast.net wrote:
>
> >  Duke is also the first African-American person to appear on a
> > piece of U.S. currency.
>
> That's not correct.  African-Americans have appeared on U.S. coins
> before: George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, and Jackie
> Robinson to name some off the top of my head.
>
> What is true is that all of previous coins featuring
> African-Americans were commemorative issues, so the Duke Ellington
> quarter will feature the first African-American on a coin designed to
> circulate.
>
> Whatever, it's great to see the Duke get this recognition.
>
> OTC: When will a trombone player be featured on a coin? :-)
>
> Howard
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Philip Brink
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