Description: Birthplace of Aviation. This design was submitted by Todd Donahue who was a student at Bradford School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08700
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph shows a group of designs for the Ohio State quarter by Daniel Marciniak. They are the Battle of Lake Erie, the Erie Canal, covered bridges, barns, the Ohio state symbols and the Treaty of Greenville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08701
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Sketch of Native American and his dog was submitted by Bruce Fulk, a student at Bloom Middle School in Wheelersburg, Ohio. The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, and then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08691
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Wheelersburg (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a sketch of a quarter dollar made by a student named John. His writes: "I made John D Rockefeller on the quarter because he was the first person in Ohio to become a milloinar [sic]." The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08692
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This quarter design was done by a student named Deana. She writes: "I put 1803 because it was the year it became a state. I put 17th state because it was the 17th state. The flag on the coin is the state flag and the flower is the state flower. The coal is because Ohio produces coal. Columbus is Ohio's capitial [sic] and 1816 is when it became it's capitial [sic]. I put Moses Cleavand because he was one of the survaers [sic]." The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08693
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This quarter design featuring Johnny Appleseed was drawn by Steve Bieda. The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08694
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This submission features two designs. The first is titled Mother of Presidents and features the seven presidents associated with Ohio. They are, clockwise, Harrrison, Hayes, Taft, Harding, McKinley, Garfield and Grant. The second design shows an Iroquois Indian. Ohio is an Iroquois Indian word meaning "something great" and shows a Buckeye tree & or leaves. This design is by Mary Ogden Armstrong of Kirkland, Ohio. The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08695
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This quarter was designed by Spencer. It shows Neil Armstrong, because he went to the moon and he is from Ohio. The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08696
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This design was drawn by Sarah Woods of Avon Lake, Ohio. The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. showing a can of tomato juice. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08697
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Avonlake (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)
 

Description: This design by Sarah Truesdale of Lebanon, Ohio show, Neil Armstrong, an astronaut, a baseball player, the Wright brothers' airplane, a space craft, a picture of Mary Ann Vecchio mourning over the shooting of Jeffrey Miller at Kent State during the May 1970 shooting. The front of the coin was to look like the other quarters. The reverse top reads Ohio 1803 and the bottom reads "Out of many, one". The design for the center of the coin was opened up to Ohioans to submit their design. Of the 7,000 designs received four were chosen by a vote of 40,000 people. The chosen designs were sent for the final decision. It had to be approved by Gov. Bob Taft, then sent to the United States Treasury Department for final approval. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08699
Subjects: Coins and money; Commemorations; United States Mint; State symbols
Places: Lebanon (Ohio); Warren County (Ohio)