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Alabama Flips Over Its Helen Keller Quarter

On March 24, Governor Bob Riley gave a shiny new quarter to every child who visited Helen Keller's birthplace in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The governor was celebrating the release of his state's new quarter.

The coin features an image of the blind and deaf Keller, who overcame her disabilities and helped others to do the same. Her image was chosen from thousands of ideas submitted by Alabama schoolchildren.

Alabama is the 22nd state to be celebrated in the 50 State Quarters Program. Theirs is the first U.S. coin to have Braille, a language of raised dots that blind people read with their fingers.

Governor Riley said that Keller's coin "will remind us all of her courage and strength."

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