"JJ" <jimjen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1150853770.701970.205590@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Merlin Dorfman wrote:
>> http://starbulletin.com/2006/06/12/news/story03.html
>>
>> Rainbow and gecko lose as coin contenders
>> The ukulele also may be eliminated from the state quarter lineup
>>
>> By Alexandre Da Silva
>> adasilva@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>> When flipping a quarter a few years from now, it's likely you won't see
a
>> rainbow, a ukulele or a gecko on it.
>>
>> Those icons have all but been eliminated from a list of possible
symbols
>> to
>> be included on the Hawaii commemorative quarter.
>>
>> Leading contenders that might be included on the coin are an outline of
>> the
>> state, Diamond Head, King Kamehameha I, Iolani Palace and the word
>> "Aloha,"
>> among some 25 others, said Carol Pregill, executive director of the
>> Retail
>> Merchants of Hawaii and one of about 40 commissioners charged with
>> narrowing
>> the list of suggestions.
>
> Wouldn't it be a hoot if they put Jack Lord in his role as McGarrett an
> the obverse?
>
It would be funny, but, it won't happen. KM
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