Helen Keller to Grace State’s New Quarter
Helen Keller beat out a moon rocket, a Cherokee chief and other symbols for a spot on the state quarter. It will be the first U.S. coin in circulation to include Braille.
The design unveiled by Gov. Donald Siegelman includes an image of Keller, an Alabama native who overcame blindness and deafness to become a writer and educator, reading a book in Braille.
Including the slogan “Spirit of Courage,” the quarter is intended to draw attention to education.
The U.S. Mint will make more than 650 million of the coins, which go into circulation in March.
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