Coin Collecting In Wyoming

Say GrandMaster D if you guys are looking for bizarre wild life scenes try this one.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...tsgator.html

When is someone going to put a bear on State Quarter?

"Barring the ledge not more than fifteen feet from him,
his great jaws agape, his head moving slowly from side to
side as he regarded his trapped enemy, stood Thor, the King
of the Mountains!"

The Grizzly King
James Oliver Curwood

Quality coin design is a thing of the past in this country. None of the State Quarters are anywhere near the artistic quality of, for example, the Standing Liberty quarter. This is one of the reasons why I don't avidly collect modern U.S. coins.

Heather

Old Dan:

I have nothing against the Rhino being on your quarter. Problem is the Colorado State Wildlife has been trapping the rhinos near our place to transplant them to Wyoming. And we get nothing in return. You would think the Powers That Be in your state would be willing to give up a few Passenger Pigeons, or a gnu or two.

At first glance sending the critters to Colorado might sound like a good idea, but maybe you want to rethink that decision. Colorado is west of your location and the prevailing winds are always out of the west blowing to the east. With that in mind;

O.K. now I've just got to remind you fellas that there are at least two things you never want to do 'upwind', and sending polecats upwind is one of them. I'm sure you know what the other one is.

One more item, and I want to thank Terry for the great web site he sent. I'm still having great thoughts about if that would really happen.
And the last thing is: what design did they pick for Wyoming? And don't the governor have veto power over the design recommended by this committtee? I was thinking he did, but could be wrong.

These were the descriptions sent in by the governor:

Wyoming Proposed Designs
Design narratives submitted to the mint

* A bucking horse and rider in silhouette style with the state's nickname "The Equality State" to appear above and to the right of the horse's mane. (The nickname is a reference to the fact that Wyoming was the first state to grant women the right to vote and the first state to have a woman as governor. That woman, Nellie Tayloe Ross, later served as director of the Mint, from 1933 to 1953.)

* Bucking horse and rider struck in relief, with more details of the rider and horse visible, along with the nickname text.

* Bucking horse and rider with the Teton Range mountains in the background.

* Bucking horse and rider set in a typical Wyoming setting, the setting to be left to the discretion of the Mint artists to conceive "what they perceive to be a typical Wyoming scene." The nickname would also appear on this version.

* Yellowstone National Park' Old Faithful Geyser erupting, the same scene used on a 1934 5-cent postage stamp honoring the national park. The nickname would also appear on this version.

So did any one of them make the grade with the panel, and if so which one?

Finally received my copy of CW and have reviewed the selection made by the selection panel for Wyomings State Quarter design.
After seeing all the designs that were submitted, I will have to say they did pick the one I would have chossen. Admited it is very plain, but it is the most recognized symbol of Wyoming. The rider and horse is enough to get the idea across, along with the notes related to equal equality for men and women. I'm especially thankful they didn't want the background added, even though it will leave a great deal of area to pick up scratches, nicks and dents that will be readily noticable. Very few 69 or 70 out of this bunch, I'm afraid.