page_title: Washington quarter
section_title: Flanagan's design
hierarchical_section_title: Washington quarter / Flanagan's design
caption_attribution_description: Jean-Antoine Houdon (France, Versailles, 1741 - 1828) Portrait of George Washington, circa 1786 Sculpture, Marble, 23 1/2 x 13 5/16 x 10 in. (59.69 x 33.66 x 25.4 cm) Purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold (M.76.106) Wikipedia Loves Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art This photo of item # M.76.106 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art was contributed under the team name "artifacts" as part of the Wikipedia Loves Art project in February 2009. Los Angeles County Museum of Art The original photograph on Flickr was taken by Beesnest McClain—please add a comment to the original Flickr page whenever a use has been made on Wikipedia or another project. Project galleries on Flickr: this institution, this team
context_page_description: 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.
  As the United States prepared to celebrate the 1932 bicentennial of the birth of its first president, George Washington, members of the bicentennial committee established by Congress sought a Washington half dollar. They wanted to displace for that year only the regular issue Walking Liberty half dollar; instead Congress permanently replaced the Standing Liberty quarter, requiring that a depiction of Washington appear on the obverse of the new coin. The committee had engaged sculptor Laura Gardin Fraser to design a commemorative medal, and wanted her to adapt her design for the quarter. Although Fraser's work was supported by the Commission of Fine Arts and its chairman, Charles W. Moore, Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon chose a design by Flanagan, and Mellon's successor, Ogden L. Mills, refused to disturb the decision.
context_section_description: As originally struck, the quarter depicts a head of Washington facing left, with "Liberty" above the head, the date below, and "In God We Trust" in the left field.  On the reverse, an eagle with wings outspread perches on a bundle of arrows framed below by two olive branches.
caption: Plaster copy of bust of Washington by Houdon (1786); Houdon's work was adapted for Flanagan's profile image.
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