Wyoming State Quarter

I don't disagree that its a very plain design. I grew up 'out west' and I'll tell you that that design is distinctivly Wyoming. It is on the liscence plates, highway signs, bolo ties, belt buckles, back windows, earings, mud flaps, and tatooed on hind ends.
When I first saw the design I thought "what other design would they have?"
If you have a quarter from New York, what else would you have besides the statue of liberty?
If there was one from Colorado, what else would you have besides the mountians?
If it was from Utah, what else would you have besides a huge railroad spike? (wait that's not a good example)

Anyway - my point is - its ugly, flat, and boring but its Wyoming.

Oh, I dont have any problem with the image on the coin, but where is the detail? No horse's mane, no definition on the cowboy, no definition on the horse, no tumbleweed or sagebrush, no dust stirring from the bronco...I mean, it looks like a cookie cutter pattern you would buy to bake Wyoming ginger snaps or something....Its more of a token appearance than anything else.

I actually like the Wyoming quarter...With the exception of Nevada, it might even be my favorite design of all the 50 quarters. Many of the new quarters have way to much going on for them...very complicated, detailed designs that, at least to me, go a little over board. There's a couple quarters (the SI like the simple elegance of the Wyoming coin...I think its a much needed breath-of-fresh-air after so many cluttered designs.

just my 2 pennies,
--Gary

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where is the detail? No horse's mane, no definition on the cowboy, no definition on the horse, no tumbleweed or sagebrush,

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Thats the way the symbol is. It is not ever painted with any details. Its a flat color. That's it.

OMG - I just went to look and find some info on it. That symbol is a regestered trade mark of wyoming!

TRADEMARK: Bucking Horse and Rider (BH&R) is the federal and state registered trademark of the State of Wyoming (shown left)

http://www.codywy.org/wyfacts.htm

http://www.quarterdesigns.com/propo...caldwell.jpg

[OO!] !!


I've spent a lot of time in Wyoming...I like the design they chose.

At first glance I didn't like it, but I soon changed my mind. I now think it's interesting and unique. The whole idea of having a featureless design on a coin is pretty rare. I like it.

And by the way, the northwest corner of Wyoming is anything but flat and boring. Grand Tetons and Yellowstone are some of the prettiest parts of the country.

And I'm from Texas - I think our quarter could have been better, too. I have noticed that usually the harshest critics of each quarter are from that quarter's state.

I like the simplicity of the design, a nice clean look and not cluttered like some of the rest.. as GFR3 stated

I feel that way about many of the designs. It just seems that there was never a real standard for the State Quarters. Some are good and others are really bland. Some are historical and others aren't.