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The article reveals that jazz legend Duke Ellington appears on a new quarter that honors the District of Columbia. Voters in the district chose Ellington because of the many jazz songs he wrote including "Take the A Train." The coin is part of a series of commemorative quarters of the U.S. Mint which was first made for all 50 states.

Reports on the US Congress' approval for the issuance of three commemorative silver dollar coins to benefit three monuments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., the National Prisoner of War Museum in Andersonville, Ga. and The Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.

Reports that the United States Congress is considering whether to issue a $1 commemorative coin which would honor slain civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Use of a surcharge on coin sales to allow the Library of Congress to acquire and maintain some of King's papers; Details on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Coin Act of 2001 (S.355).

Reports that United States President Bill Clinton signed legislation authorizing the US Mint to issue commemorative coins marking the Library of Congress' s bicentennial in the year 2000. Number of one-dollar silver coins to be minted; Proceeds from the sale of the coins to be used for educational initiatives at the Library of Congress; Comments from Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.