Issue Position: D.C. Quarter Goes National

Issue Position

At a ceremony with residents, Norton rolled out the much-anticipated D.C. quarter, featuring a depiction of D.C. native Duke Ellington, the world-renowned jazz great, who was born and raised in the District, and who was the popular choice of D.C. residents. Norton repeatedly pushed her D.C. quarter bill after the city was not included, despite her protest, in the original 50-state coin bill. Norton got the Senate to agree to her bill, and the D.C. quarter, the first circulated U.S. coin displaying a prominent African American, was put into national circulation in February 2009. The U.S. Mint made more than 172 million of the popular D.C. quarters.

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