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[email protected] AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 U.S. Mint rejects D.C. quarter SHARPSHOOTER statement released by the Mint. “Taxation Washington. Agency says design Without Representation,” the phrase D.C. The program asked District resi- hoped to print on the quarter, pays hom- dents to submit ideas for the coin to the age to the District's residents’ call to have Mint and the local government. Kevin was "controversial" a voting representative in Congress. It Kiger, communications director for D.C. appears on many District license plates. Vote, said the phrase “Taxation Without by Robert Lee The Mint called the design “clearly Representation” was the most popular Senior Staff Writer controversial.” design among District residents for their In 2007, a Congressional act mandated coin. The U.S. Mint rejected designs for a the inclusion of the District and U.S. ter- In an interview, Kiger said the Mint’s commemorative D.C. quarter Wednesday ritories to the 50 State Quarters Program. decision was hypocritical and unfounded, afternoon because they included the phrase The District’s participation in the adding that the group has no plans to “Taxation Without Representation.” program followed 10 years of lobbying lobby for the coin any further. The Mint nixed the proposed quarter from groups such as D.C.