Mississippi’s state quarter is an interesting failure. It does something right that most quarters don’t: it chooses one image and displays it boldly. Mississippi is the Magnolia State, so their quarter presents the caption “The Magnolia State” along with two beautifully composed Magnolia blossoms. It is truly some of the best artwork on any of [...]
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State Quarter Review: Mississippi
Posted in Currency on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
State Quarter Review: Illinois
Posted in Currency on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good Lord, Illinois, what is going on here? When you had your quarter design contest, did you whittle it down to the top ten ideas and then just paste all those together into one design?
Let’s review what we have here. Abraham Lincoln, apparently from his school days, is about to step through an outline of [...]
State Quarter Review: Kentucky
Posted in Currency on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kentucky’s state quarter features a thoroughbred racehorse behind a fence, a mansion looming on a hill, and the caption, “My Old Kentucky Home.”
Those last words are the title of a song written by Stephen Foster that is now the official state song of Kentucky. The original lyrics started thusly:
“The sun shines bright in the [...]
I Shall Now Review All 50 State Quarters
Posted in Currency on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 1999, the United States started printing a series of commemorative coins to honor each of the fifty states. They decided to introduce five new state quarters each year, and this year, 2008, we have seen the final five states.
Why a review of state quarters? Quarters are not only microcosms through which we [...]
