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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
Is the Washington quarter design gone forever? Do the new quarters (state and national parks) replace the old design from silver quarters and coppernickel up to 1998? Or does the US Mint have plans to return to it one day? Cheers, thanks in advance. |
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Valued Member
United States
379 Posts |
It wont happen, but I would love if the 2022 quarter was the start of taking presidents off of coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1080 Posts |
Probably gone. And I think the obverse of the quarter shows the vast contrast in mint designs over the last decade. Look at a 2012 quarter and the obverse just looks like it had been weakly struck. It's so flat and even lacks detail. The quarters and nickels from 1980 were "ultra high relief" in comparison.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
561 Posts |
 Time for something new. And none of this rotating reverse designs, it is old already. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Look around. Eventually there will be no quarter dollar only the Peso.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2150 Posts |
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Look around. Eventually there will be no quarter dollar only the Peso. At first I was like  then I thought about it and I was like  . |
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Valued Member
United States
74 Posts |
Yeah, I have a feeling they'll renew the series and go for another round of national parks
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
If the are going to keep Washington on the quarter, they should at least give him a nicer look. It is really disappointing that the US Mint does nice reverses now, then you look at the old/plain obverse and wonder, why not improve that too? I guess they don't realize a coin has 2 sides?
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Valued Member
United States
310 Posts |
They should scrap Washington and bring back a "Liberty" design.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1208 Posts |
I would love to see them go to Laura Frazier's quarter design when
all this ever changing nonsense is over. Her design was the one that
was supposed to have been used 32 to 98 anyway. She was cheated, and
it would be great to see her redeemed. It's a much better design than
Flannigan's quarter anyway. I know it won't happen, but it's my opinion.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Do the new quarters (state and national parks) replace the old design from silver quarters and coppernickel up to 1998? Even the silver and clad quarters did not have the same design, there have been well over a dozen obverse and reverse changes to the Washington quarter since the start of the series in 1932. Of course, one of the worst was the infamous "spaghetti hair" of the 1990s  |
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 United States
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The quarter is like this... Quote:
It's so flat and even lacks detail. because they were trying to undo this... Quote:
Of course, one of the worst was the infamous "spaghetti hair" of the 1990s The problem is that the ultra-low relief used today makes what is supposed to be a more original design look flat.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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as long as they take it at Taco Bell--Im happy Quote:
Look around. Eventually there will be no quarter dollar only the Peso Retired USAF 1983-2003
Edited by Coinstar
06/26/2012 3:00 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Is it really to much to ask for that we not have the exact same designs on coins and dollars. Some variety something. I love the founding fathers as much as the next guys but these designs have been beaten to death being on both coins and bills. Old coins blow what we have now away. I do like the new reverse series that have been going on to mix it up but some of the state ones look like the designers woke up and forgot they had the design due and just phoned it in
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Valued Member
United States
310 Posts |
Washington didn't even want his image on money. He thought it seemed to imperial, like he was a king or something. that's why were had liberty on our money.
I also liked Laura Frazier's quarter design. I have the gold commemorative of it. it is nice looking.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1302 Posts |
Frazier's design will never be used for the quarter- the relief is much too high to be used these days anyway- the mint loves low relief.
The heraldic eagle is gone forever, in 2014 we are supposed to get a crossing the Delaware reverse.
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Posted 06/26/2012 09:10 am
