Down with montage quarters!
I just saw my first Colorado quarter. I like it. Good choice on a clean landscape. I don't like any of those montage quarters at all. The California quarter is ok, I suppose, although I don't know why that pterodactyl is attacking John Muir. I was hoping for the waves and sunset quarter, 'cause I liked the abstraction and emphasis on the Pacific. I hated, hated, hated the ugly miner coin that won the popular vote. Why would we use extractive industry to symbolize our state?
posted by Megan at 10:27 AM
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Actually, have you checked out North Dakota's quarter? It has BISON! Or is it buffalo? Either way, large, furry, horned animals with a setting sun. That is pretty cool .
Plus, there is no cheesy banner that says "Nifty North Dakota."
It's a condor, come on, petrodactyls didn't have feathers that I'm aware of.
Justin
Connecticut. http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/states/index.cfm?state=CT
Note that it's panning for gold, not strip or hydraulic or other styles of more land intensive (so to speak) mining that's used to symbolize the state.
This would make an awesome California quarter.
I don't see the problem with using extractive industry to symbolize a state in whose history it played a huge role.
'Cause it was a freakin' environmental disaster, the consequences of which are still hugely present, and when we gotta pick just one image to describe an incredibly heterogeneous state, we go with the bad news?
Pat:
Dunno if it is the same Mrs. Muir.
You seem to be operating under the assumption that California is a good thing.
Some prefer sentiment; others, sediment.
As for Colorado, I like the "centennial state" design better. Grand Mesa and Pike's Peak might be bigger mountains, but they don't look as good.
"Book of Ratings" covers the state quarters:
http://www.bookofratings.com/morequarters.html
http://www.bookofratings.com/quarters3.html
http://www.bookofratings.com/quarters4.html
New Hampshire's quarter stands out in an unusual way. It features the Old Man of the Mountains rock profile - which collapsed not long after the quarter came out. Oops.
Peter
Iron Rails & Iron Weights
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