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The North
Carolina quarter, the 12th in the
series and the second quarter to be
released in the 2001 series,
highlights the famous 1903 photograph
of the "First Flight."
The North Carolina quarter commemorates the
historic feat that took place on December
17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
with the first successful flight of a
heavier-than-air, self-propelled flying
machine. The craft, called the Flyer,
traveled a distance of approximately 37
meters (120 feet) on its first flight and
soared even further as one of the most
significant human achievements in
history.
Governor James
B. Hunt appointed the North Carolina
Department of Cultural Resources as
the lead in the state's design
concept process. The Department
established the North Carolina
Commemorative Coin Committee, which
consisted of members from the State
Department of Cultural Resources, the
Division of Archives and History, as
well as coin collectors. The
Committee solicited design ideas from
the residents of North Carolina.
Some alternate design concepts suggested
were the 1903 Flyer superimposed over an
outline of the state, the Hatteras
Lighthouse superimposed over an outline of
the state, and the Hatteras Lighthouse
showing a dune and sea gulls. On June 5,
2000, the Governor was provided with three
candidate designs, and the Committee and
Governor Hunt selected the "First Flight"
theme for the official design.
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The North Carolina quarter's
reverse features the first successful
airplane "flight" in Kill Devil
Hills, NC.
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