Question: Constance Ortmayer designed the coin that was first struck in what year?
Context: The Washington quarter is the present quarter dollar or 25-cent piece issued by the United States Mint.  The coin was first struck in 1932; the original version was designed by sculptor John Flanagan. The Maria Theresa thaler (MTT) is a silver bullion coin that has been used in world trade continuously since they were first minted in 1741, at that time using the then Reichsthaler standard of 9 thalers to the Vienna mark.  In 1750 the thaler was debased to 10 thalers to the Vienna Mark (a weight approximating half a pound of fine silver).  The following year the new standard was effectively adopted across the German-speaking world when that standard was accepted formally in the Bavarian monetary convention.  It is owing to the date of the Bavarian Monetary convention that many writers erroneously state that the Maria Theresa Thaler was first struck in 1751.  It was named after Empress Maria Theresa, who ruled Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia from 1740 to 1780.  The word "thaler" gave rise to "daalder" and "daler", which became "dollar" in English. Italian lira coins were the coins of the Italian lira that served as Italy's currency from 1861 until 2001 when it was replaced by the Euro.  From 1980 until 2001, 1 and 2 lira coins were struck solely for collectors due to their low value, and in 1998 the 5 lira was also sold for collectors only.  10 and 20 lira coins dated 2000 or 2001 were struck in sets only.  The 500 lire coin was the first bimetallic circulating coin, and was also the first coin to feature Braille numerals (a Braille "500" is on the reverse side on top of the building) Coins of the Ukrainian hryvnia were first minted in 1992.  Coins were first struck in 1992 for the new currency but were not introduced until September 1996.  Initially coins valued between 1 and 50 kopecks were issued.  In March 1997, 1 hryvnia coins were added; they are however rarely seen in circulation.  The note of the same value is far more commonly used.  Since 2004 several commemorative 1 hryvnia coins have been struck.  New coins have been produced annually since then and they make up a valuable aspect of the Ukrainian currency system.  Today, circulating coins exist in denominations of 1 kopiyka (i.e. or ₴0.01), 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 kopiyok, and ₴1.00.  Also minted are bullion (including gold, silver and platinum) and commemorative coins.  All of these are produced by the National Bank of Ukraine. The Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar or Cincinnati Music Center half dollar is a commemorative 50-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1936.  Produced with the stated purpose of commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Cincinnati, Ohio as a center of music, it was conceived by Thomas G. Melish, a coin enthusiast who controlled the group which was allowed to buy the entire issue from the government, and who resold the pieces at high prices. The Seated Liberty dollar was a dollar coin struck by the United States Mint from 1840 to 1873 and designed by its chief engraver, Christian Gobrecht.  It was the last silver coin of that denomination to be struck before passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which temporarily ended production of the silver dollar for American commerce.  The coin's obverse is based on that of the Gobrecht dollar, which had been minted experimentally from 1836 to 1839.  However, the soaring eagle used on the reverse of the Gobrecht dollar was not used; instead, the United States Mint (Mint) used a heraldic eagle, based on a design by late Mint Chief Engraver John Reich first utilized on coins in 1807. Constance Ortmayer (July 19, 1902 – May 15, 1988) was an American artist well known for designing the 1936 Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar.  Ortmayer was inspired to become an artist by her father, Rudolph Ortmayer, who worked as a lithographer.  In 1926, Ortmayer began studying under Austrian born sculptor Franz Plunder.  She graduated from the Royal Academy in Vienna, Austria and studied Master School of the Royal Academy.  Upon returning to the United States in 1932, Ortmayer found difficulty gaining employment.  With the assistance of her friend, a tutor of Treasury secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Ortmayer became employed with the Section of Painting and Sculpture, coordinating design contests for federal buildings.  In 1937, she ended her employment with the Section.  Soon after, she was recruited as a sculpture instructor at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida by the current president, Hamilton Holt.  Ortmayer was awarded commissions to design and create two bas reliefs for post offices in Arcadia, Florida and Scottsboro, Alabama as a result of her entering a national design competition.  The Arcadia relief, completed in 1939, is titled "Arcadia".  It features five people (two men, a woman and two children) with a cow and her calf.  The second relief, completed in 1940, is titled "Alabama Agriculture".  It features three separate panels, each depicting different stages of crop harvest.  In 1941, Ortmayer was promoted to assistant professor of sculpture in 1941.  In 1945, she was further promoted to associate professor.  She reached the status of professor of sculpture in 1947.  During her career at Rollins, Ortmayer created a number of award–winning medals.  Ortmayer retired in 1968.  She died on May 15, 1988. The Lincoln cent (or sometimes called Lincoln penny) is a one-cent coin that has been struck by the United States Mint since 1909.  The obverse or heads side was designed by Victor David Brenner, as was the original reverse.  The coin has seen several reverse, or tails, designs and now bears one by Lyndall Bass depicting a Union shield.  All coins struck by the United States government with a value of 1/100 of a dollar are called cents because the United States has always minted coins using decimals.  The penny nickname is a carryover from the coins struck in England, which went to decimals for coins in 1971. The Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar was a fifty-cent piece struck intermittently by the United States Bureau of the Mint between 1926 and 1939.  The coin was designed by Laura Gardin Fraser and James Earle Fraser, and commemorates those who traveled the Oregon Trail and settled the Pacific Coast of the United States in the mid-19th century.  Struck over a lengthy period in small numbers per year, the many varieties produced came to be considered a ripoff by coin collectors, and led to the end, for the time, of the commemorative coin series. The Florentine florin was a coin struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time.  It had 54 grains of nominally pure or 'fine' gold (3.5 grams, 0.1125 troy ounce) worth approximately 140 modern US dollars.  The "fiorino d'oro" of the Republic of Florence was the first European gold coin struck in sufficient quantities to play a significant commercial role since the seventh century.  As many Florentine banks were international supercompanies with branches across Europe, the florin quickly became the dominant trade coin of Western Europe for large-scale transactions, replacing silver bars in multiples of the mark (a weight unit equal to eight troy ounces).
Answer: 1936