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QUIZ QUARTERS Ⅲ MARILYN A. REBACK The Matter at Hand

REATARTISTS understand the power they G wield when portraying the human hand. By deciding what a person’s hands hold, what actions or gestures they make or how they are placed, a coin designer can present important sym- bolism. All the designs in the list below show this use of hands to send a message. Test your “dexter- ity” by matching these designs with the correct coin from the list. solution on page 111 PHOTOS: ANA ARCHIVES/JOHN NEBEL

DESIGNS COINS 1. A standing Abraham Lincoln holds a book. a. 1837-91 Seated Liberty dime 2. Liberty clasps an olive branch in her right hand b. 1907-33 Saint-Gaudens $20 and a shield in her left. c. 1916-35 Standing Liberty quarter 3. Duke Ellington holds sheet music. d. 1976 Bicentennial quarter 4. A man carries a sap bucket. e. 2000 Massachusetts state quarter 5. A young man beats a drum. f. 2001 Vermont state quarter 6. Helen Keller holds a book. g. 2003 Alabama state quarter 7. King Kamehameha I grasps a spear. h. 2003 Illinois state quarter 8. A minuteman carries a musket. i. 2003 Missouri state quarter 9. Liberty holds a pole with a liberty cap on top. j. 2004 Iowa state quarter 10. Explorers paddle a canoe on a river. k. 2004 Westward Journey nickel 11. Two men clasp hands in friendship. 12. A seated Abraham Lincoln holds a book. l. 2005 California state quarter

PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO/ROBERTA13. CASALIGGIA teacher steadies a tree. m. 2007 Wyoming state quarter 14. John Muir leans on a cane. n. 2008 Hawaii state quarter 15. An Indian woman sows seeds. o. 2009 District of Columbia quarter 16. Liberty displays an olive branch in her left hand. p. 2009 “Indiana Years” Lincoln cent 17. A cowboy grips a saddle. q. 2009 Native American dollar

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