New US Quarters

[lupinesque]

Amelia wrote:

> Finally, on the quarter topic- so far I love all the designs that
> have been chosen by the states/US Mint people.  However, my state 
just
> sent in the 5 final choices and I am so afraid the Mint will choose
> the most banal, least artistic of the 5.  I know I don't want to see
> Iowa's having a soybean, cornstalk, steer, and pig on it.  I'm 
hoping 
> for one of the three Grant Wood inspired ones- but am not holding 
my 
> breath. 
>     A bit of information those who might not be from the US- each
> state is being represented on the "tails" of the quarter.  The new 
> quarters are coming out over the space of ten years, each state in
> the order it joined the Union.

Really, you'd see "American Gothic" as a compliment?  I always 
thought it was a rather satirical look at the heartland.

I love stuff like this, as it is such a gold mine of history, 
geography, and trivia, and I watch eagerly for each design.  So far, 
my completely unbiased opinion is that Louisiana's design is the 
worst (Too busy!  It looks like it was designed by committee, with 
three things that don't fit together into any cohesive design--the 
Louisiana purchase, the pelican, and especially tacked-on-looking, 
the trumpet), and Connecticut's is the most beautiful (the Charter 
Oak).  And Ohio's is Most Specifically Designed to Tick Off Another 
State--"move over, North Carolina, *we* invented flight."

Amy Z