The design for Alabama’s state quarter has been unveiled and it’s one for the record and trivia books. Not only does feature a woman (PA and NY have female statues but not of real women) but it is the first U.S. coin to have a Braille inscription. That may give you a clue as to which woman has the honor of representing Alabama: Helen Keller. The theme for the design competition, open to Alabama schools, was “Education:
Link to the Past, Gateway to the Future.” “A number” of the 450 designs included Keller, who fits the quarter’s actual theme “Spirit of Courage.”