06 December 2005

It appears to still be a little early to find the final designs for the 2007 state quarters, but here's what we've got:

Montana - they took the route that gave us the very nice Mississippi quarter: give the US Mint some ideas and let them design something. Like many of the western states, the ideas tend to focus on natural beauty and features. At least one has a state outline involved, which I kindly ask the folks at the Mint to ignore with prejudice.

There are a bunch of ideas here, the only one that really piques my interest is the Little Bighorn one, which seems ripe for a controversy (or contrivoversy).

Washington is also going this route (OK, expect that people are unless I tell you otherwise), and you can read the official press release about the final designs here. The prominence of the state outline is highly troubling, and I would whole-heartedly back either of the last two options over any of the first three. I would tend towards the orca one given that Native Americans aren't getting a whole lot of play where state quarters are concerned. Couldn't hurt to throw a bone to the people whose land got stolen.

Though, I have to say, Bigfoot on a state quarter would totally rock.

Idaho - finding information here is pretty tough - the site I've been linking to for many of these entries doesn't even have a short list of themes. This article gives us what we're looking for, and isn't that a mixed bag?

The falcon, fine. The Sawtooth Mountains, great. A "Farmland Tapestry" is, uh, interesting. The state song sounds like we're viewing the state in a museum ("and here we have Idaho, next to the petrified dinosaur poop"), and "Bold and Distinctive" sounds more like "have to come up with a fifth idea before I get to go home for the weekend."

This may be the first case where an outline of the state would be welcome.

I also find the lack of a potato in any design to be perverse.

Wyoming - the only one of these I like is the one using the lariat. In official channels, I can only find that designs were due to the state at the end of April. There's really nothing about what the final themes were.

I have a feeling the quarter will either wind up taking the logo off of the University of Wyoming's football helmets or somehow play off of Yellowstone and/or Old Faithful.

Utah - honestly, I think this one is pretty good. The only other thing I can find in a cursory Google search is information on the formation of a commission to come up with designs. The page for the commission on the state's website is not working. That bodes poorly.

Were I to guess, there will be a final design featuring a beehive, one the Great Salt Lake, and one with a seagull (perhaps centered on an outline of the state). Given its position as the state's official snack food, perhaps a Jell-o mold could sneak its way in.

10 comments:

The Grim Reaper said...

MT - As much as I like dinosaurs, I have to go with the disembodied head. What better tribute to Montana native Lewis Carroll than the inclusion of the Cheshire Cat on the state quarter... What? He's not from Montana? Then what the f$#%#$% is that thing?

WA - Unless the orca has Richard Harris in his jaws, forget it. Clearly, the Space Needle and a Triple Mochachino Latte is the way to go.

ID - Taters. Nothing but taters.

WY - Why does one quarter boast the RKO logo? I can only hope that they accepted my tribute to Fennis Denbo.

UT - Nice design, but I'd like it better if the tagline on it was "Natural Wonderzz."
I suppose a man with three wives wouldn't work?

Chris

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