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, who helped to plot the land that would become the District in the 1790s; abolitionist and diplomat Frederick Douglass; and legendary musician Duke Ellington. Who should win? Our colleague Marc Fisher put his vote in Douglass' column earlier this month, although he thought District leaders should have chosen an object rather than a person to symbolize the city. Douglass also won a reader poll here on readexpress.com earlier this month, with 43 percent of voters

, who helped to plot the land that would become the District in the 1790s; abolitionist and diplomat Frederick Douglass; and legendary musician Duke Ellington. Who should win? Our colleague Marc Fisher put his vote in Douglass' column earlier this month, although he thought District leaders should have chosen an object rather than a person to symbolize the city. Douglass also won a reader poll here on readexpress.com earlier this month, with 43 percent of voters

8. Weak Choices, But Douglass For D.C. Quarter - Raw Fisher blog.washingtonpost.com2 commentsSocialRank First, the U.S. Mint nixed “Taxation Without Representation” as the slogan for the D.C. quarter. Now, the Mint has narrowed the choices for the design of the coin

but were told we'd have to wait until the Mint gave the city the go-ahead, so you'll just have to make do with our artist's rendering above until then. Given the circumstances, the designs are about as good as we could expect. As Post columnist Marc Fisher writes today, none of the three designs fully captures the District's history and identity. Then again, what does? But after looking at the three, we'd have to go with Frederick Douglass. In the past we expressed sympathy