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2000 Massachusetts: 1788 The Bay State. Back to the Revolutionary theme always gives a sense of History. An excellent choice of the "Minute Man".
2000 Maryland: 1788 The Old Line State. Is that the old "Mason Dixon" line of Civil war fame that they are referring too? The building looks like a Capital building but upon closer examination the base is so small that it looks more like a Tibetan temple. The branches are cute.
2000 South Carolina: 1788 The Palmetto State. Ok, this coin has the state motto, the state bird, the state flower and tree and the state outline. What it lacks is imagination or inspiration.
2000 New Hampshire: 1788 I like the words "LIVE FREE OR DIE". It's the spirit of the revolution. The blob design of Old Man of the Mountain is unrecognisable as an old man or a mountain. I agree with Heather "Something else would have been better".
2000 Virginia: 1788 Jamestown 1607-2007 Quadricentennial. I learn a new word every day and that has to be today's. Interesting that they are celebrating the Quadricentennial seven years in advance. This coin is deplicting Pre-Revolution History, wonderful. I love the ship design but it does need some magnification to see it all.
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2001 New York: 1788 Gateway to Freedom. The Statue of Liberty shouts New York and is recognisable around the world so I think that design is well chosen. Now about the map of the state in the background, it has a huge line running through it, with the words Gateway to Freedom nearby. Is this line representing a road inland? An outline if required would have been better than a filled map, which makes Liberty left hand hard to see.
2001 North Carolina: 1789 First Flight. I can imagine children telling their teacher that Airplanes existed in 1789. LOL. I like the design.
2001 Rhode Island: 1790 The Ocean State. A sailboat and a bridge. The water hides the boats hull, and the bridge looks a bit like wings off the sail. I think they could of done better. It lacks History or identification with Rhode Island.
2001 Vermont: 1790 Freedom and Unity. They could of done so much more. So I see two trees and some bins. I suspect they are getting maple syrup from the tree or else the man pictured is checking out the local garbage bins found in the park. The message.We make maple syrup.or don't litter. Either way I do not get the sense of Freedom and Unity from this design, nor anything to do with Vermont.
2001 Kentucky: 1792 My Old Kentucky Home. Well the designer of this coin HAD a nice big two story rectangular house. The horse and fence helps give depth to the coin. It makes me think of the Kentucky Derby and horse racing. But then a racing horse would have been a better choice for that image.
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2002 Tennessee 1796 Musical Heritage: Now why didn't they put Elvis on this coin? I'm sure some wanted too. Anyway the coin has three stars and three musical instruments and a book of sheet music. The Guitar reminds me of Elvis, the trumpet of Louis Armstrong so that's the wrong state. Well I guess the music industry has a lot of pull in that state.
2002 Ohio: 1803 Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers. A small airplane and an astronaut, Is that what Ohio is all about? Is that the claim to fame? History? Ohio must be one boring State.
2002 Louisiana: 1812 Ok Louisiana was once a big area. Looks like it extended into Canada, where they have a musical trumpet. Ah, here is Louis Armstrong and Jazz and stick a pelican in the design for good luck. They should of thought of one theme and stuck with that.
2002 Indiana: 1816 Crossroads of America. The racecar says it all, Indianapolis 500
2002 Mississippi: 1817 The Magnolia State. Yep, that's the flower. Lacks inspiration.
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2003 Illinois: 1818 Land of Lincoln. 21st State - Century. The coincidence of Illinois being the 21st State and now being the 21st Century went un-noticed until this coin. I think it should have remained un-noticed. Here we have Lincoln with his feet cut off, on a quarter dollar. I gather that those designs off to the sides are skylines of a farm and a city?
2003 Alabama: 1819 Spirit of courage. Helen Keller. A courageous that and fits the title "Spirit of Courage"
2003 Maine: 1820 I really like this design. It's a wonderful picture but what does it say about Maine. No Motto, No history but an attractive looking coin.
2003 Missouri: 1821 Corps of Discovery 1804 - 2004 The year is off by one but here we have a canoe passing under the golden arches of McDonalds with Broccoli trees lining the river? Is this about Louis & Clarke? I'm missing the symbolism here.
2003 Arkansas: 1836 No Motto. A diamond, duck, trees, river, wheat. Says all there is about Arkansas, doesn't it?
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2004 Michigan: 1837 Great Lakes State. The map shows all of the great lakes and the two landmasses of Michigan. Is that correct or does some of those lakes belong to Canada or to other states?
2004 Florida: 1845 Gateway to Discovery. I think this coin is good. The history of ships discovering land and the shuttle flying into space as a gateway to discovery. For me this one works.
2004 Texas: 1845 The Lone Star State. The simplicity in the large star works well as a reminder of Texas. I'm glad the designer didn't stick in oil wells, cattle and a president or two to crowd out the coin.
2004 Iowa: 1846 Foundation in Education. "Grant Wood" was an artist. Is this one of his paintings? A woman with 4 children planting a tree where there are none as far as the eye can see. I'm missing something on this one too.
2004 Wisconsin: 1848 Forward This design does work well better than some. Subject matter, Cow, Cheese, Corn.Wisconsin.
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2005 California: 1850 John Muir, Yosemite Valley. I'm glad they put a name to the man standing there. I looked him up to find out who he was. So now I know what the Yosemite Valley looks like. LOL But the message conservation is there.
2005 Minnesota: 1858 Land of 10,000 lakes. So it shows a picture of a lake with fishermen and a duck. Pleasant enough
2005 Oregon: 1859 Crater Lake looks like a beautiful place. This is a very pretty coin.
I have to stop here, as I don't have the next coins in the series. (Yet)
Heather, I liked your comments and opinions on the coins. I hope you've enjoyed reading mine. As some of the comments were less than complimentary I hope we both don't get lynched.
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Sorry guys, there's not much of any of them I like. Least of which, my own state, Tennessee. In 1800 country music did'nt exist. Tennessee has long been known for the volunteer state. Partly because the volunteer force that went to Texas to fight Santa Anna at the Alamo. Everybody has heard of Elvis, Daniel Boone, and Davy Crockett. I think we've ran country music into the ground. Some of the other states have good designs, but compared to a St. Gaudens, Morgan or the design on the Bust coins, the State Quarters don't have much. Then to top it off, they're so shallowly struck they look like a cheap theme park token. I'll shut up now.  |
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Originally posted by tnwalker10
Some of the other states have good designs, but compared to a St. Gaudens, Morgan or the design on the Bust coins, the State Quarters don't have much. Then to top it off, they're so shallowly struck they look like a cheap theme park token. I'll shut up now.
Not to mention they're struck in clad... I could go on but you really don't want to get me started on these things. Honestly you don't.  |
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I am kind of partial to REAL metals myself so if one, like myself, wants silver or gold, you HAVE to look at commemoratives in this modern coinage world! They do well when I don't have the extra cash to go after those old world classics! The only other option is bullion coins and I wouldn't mind having a truck load of them regarless where they were minted at!!!
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I can't comment on every State Quarter since I don't have them all yet and I don't know how much my critics mean since I don't know all the stories of the coins. But I can say what I think about some I have. My favourite ones (among the ones I have) are Virginia and Rhode Island. I like ships :) I don't like the designs with the state itself on it. eg. Massachusetts, Pennysylvania, South Carolina. New Hampshire and Connecticut designs are nice, they have natural landmarks. The State Quarters are the coins that I learned there's such a minting process as cladding (every State Quarter I have is brown at the edges) Edited by RenaL
01/29/2006 3:16 pm
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United States
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I am glad the quarters have generated so much interest in collecting. However, Quite frankly, the only ones I've actually givin more than a cursory look had to do with the much hyped "errors" like Wisconsin and I think a bridge on the Virginia release. Mike  |
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I used to be really seriously into the State Quarters, but lately I've been starting to lose interest. Overkill, too much of a good thing maybe? I dunno, but I did get my album out to put in the WVA quarter I found the other day and realized I'm missing several from last year. A year or so ago I'd be tearing my hair out trying to find those. Now I'm more into my Euros than anything else! To keep this slightly on-topic, if I had to pick a favorite design so far (having not seen any of the 06 coins yet), I'd have to say I like Mississippi's magnolia best. It's really nice in Proof. Indiana's quarter is a joke, and being from there I can say that! I don't think I have a least favorite, just a bunch that I really don't think too highly of as a group, and it generally includes anyone with a state outline. Rachel [:p] |
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This has been an interesting topic. It is true that many of my comments were not exactly complimentary! I like fine art, and a nation's coins should exhibit the best art that can be placed on a small object. The ancient Greeks had this figured out, and so did the Romans (at least until their designs got crude during the declining years). On my nation's coins, I expect the best, but these days it seems we have to settle for mediocre. Many of the designs aren't too bad, but with very few exceptions, they are not spectacular. Some of the designs would be great on a larger object, but are inappropriate on a small coin.
I used the silver proof versions to compare these. Most of the designs look even worse on the usual circulation strikes.
Heather
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Originally posted by toast
1999 Pennsylvania: 1787, Virtue, Liberty, Independence. It's fantastic to see Lady Liberty back on a USA coin. (I assume that's her). I can understand the outline of the State but what is that other shape doing in the north west of the state? I've no idea what it is. Liberty is carrying a staff with an eagle on it, which looks a lot like what I see in WWII films of German rallies. I'm not sure what it really is suppose to symbolise.
...1999 Connecticut: 1788 "The Charter Oak". I like how the tree fills the coin, but have no idea why it has no leaves. The scene looks desolate and the brick wall behind it makes me think that this is a real tree with some sort of significance. I'm glad it has Connecticut on it otherwise I wouldn't know where it's from. I like the design but I don't understand the meaning.
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2000 Maryland: 1788 The Old Line State. Is that the old "Mason Dixon" line of Civil war fame that they are referring too?
Hi toast, I cam only imagine how confused I might be trying to analyse an Australian state series. I have no idea what symbols NSW or WA might choose, much less those zany Tasmanians... That device in the upper L corner of the PA 25c is a "keystone"-the central capping piece in a masonry arch-PA is the keystone state-I assume because of it's geography. The charter oak was already about 400 years old when Charles II of britain's emissaries signed a charter guaranteeing the Connecticut colony an unsual degree of autonomy form the crown. MD-bingo! Don |
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Originally posted by toast
2003 Missouri: 1821 Corps of Discovery 1804 - 2004 The year is off by one but here we have a canoe passing under the golden arches of McDonalds with Broccoli trees lining the river? Is this about Louis & Clarke? I'm missing the symbolism here.
...2004 Michigan: 1837 Great Lakes State. The map shows all of the great lakes and the two landmasses of Michigan. Is that correct or does some of those lakes belong to Canada or to other states?
The years are off because the SQs are in the order of admission to the union (or date they ratified the constitution, in the case of the 13 original states)-thats how there are 4 dates on say the Missouri quarter-2003 obviosuly the year minted, 1821 the yr admitted to the union, 1804-2004 the Lewis and Clark expedition and bicentennial (to explore the Louisiana territory newly purchased from France-L&C called their group the corps of discovery). The arch on the quarter is the Jefferson Nat'l Expansion Monument-commonly known as the "gateway" arch-symbolizing that St Louis is the gateway to the West. Michigan Yes, Lakes are "shared" Lake Michigan, is shared with Illinois and Indiana, Superior and Huron with Ontario. Lakes Erie and Ontario don't even border Micihgan, but they put them on anyway... (while you're getting NA trivia, Ontario is the only Canaian province to border the great lakes-all of them save Lake Michigan, which is entirely in the US). Don Edited by SFDukie
01/30/2006 12:32 pm
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