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Valued Member
United States
159 Posts |
I grabbed a few of the Wyoming quarters at the bank today and I was stunned by how horrible the reverse is! I can't believe this is the best they could come up with. Easily the worst design on any of the quarters I have seen so far.
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Valued Member
United States
367 Posts |
none in circulaton in ohio yet. but myself I like the quarter just wish they would of defined the horse and cowboy !
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Valued Member
United States
161 Posts |
Here's a pic. I think the best State Quarter designs happened when the citizens of the state were involved in the design process, and in the selection of the design.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I got my first one in change a few days after the release in change from the coin shop. Usually I can't seem to find them. What does the cowboy have to do with anything? I know that for the Utah quarter they allowed the citizens to vote for their favorite out of three potential designs. The Utah design actually has some history behind it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is definitely the most bleh State Quarter I've seen yet. I picked up one of each P & D mints, and frankly I may leave it at that. The Presidential dollars are prettier than this poor, sad specimen.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
954 Posts |
Well I can tell none of you have ever been to Wyoming.  "What does the cowboy have to do with anything?" That image is plastered all over the state, no other design screams Wyoming like that image does. And speaking of the image, there never has been any detail on the design and there never will be. It is what it is. That is the perfect image for that state.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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What does the cowboy have to do with anything?
Have you ever seen a Wyoming license plate? Image Insert: It is like a state symbol. I like it , although I wish the cowboy had more detail. |
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United States
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Becky, You beat me to it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I will need to side with Becky and 7070 on this one. Not because of the fact that the cowboy is a well known "mascot" for lack of a better word for Wyoming, but from it's sheer minimalistic design and huge open fields. I love the clean and open field on the reverse and I only wish more coins would share a little minimalism like this reverse does. If you want a lot of design "busy-ness", buy a commemorative(which I like as well  ). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2177 Posts |
The banks in my area don't have them yet. I'm waiting.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
764 Posts |
thats what happens with the least populated state in the country. my county has twice as many people than that entire state.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
I haven't seen one in circulation yet. I recently purchased a silver proof set and have seen the proof version. I really don't care for this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
535 Posts |
I don't think it does the state justice, but there is no doubt which state it represents. At least they didn't put an outline of the state on this one!
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Valued Member
 United States
159 Posts |
I not putting down Wyomingites, cowboys, or minimalism. When I think of Wyoming I think of the Rockies, the high plains, Old faithful, The Oregon trail, etc. This coin is so drab I honestly thought that it was either a weak strike or perhaps struck grease. It seems like more thought was put into the license plate than the State Quarter! The artwork submitted by children has more artistic merit. Speaking of the Oregon Trail, compare the commemorative half(either side) to this coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
632 Posts |
Does anybody else think that the open fields on this coin might make bag marks and any other dings or scrapes really noticeable. Ten years from now it might make this coin hard to find with a real clear field. I think I might have to keep a couple rolls of these...just in case.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Edited by Conder101
10/02/2007 4:39 pm
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Posted 10/01/2007 6:34 pm
