Nevada's quarter design revealed

[NVMojo]

This from the red state from which Gibbons and Reid come from, the ones who helped pass the wild horse slaughter bill a few months ago! Irony grows thick in the sagebrush of Nevada!

CARSON CITY -- Nevadans have chosen a design featuring three wild horses galloping across a valley with snow-capped mountains in the background for their state quarter, state Treasurer Brian Krolicki announced Thursday.

Krolicki said 32 percent of the 59,000 people who cast ballots online and by mail during May favored the wild horses theme. Starting in January, the United States Mint will produce nearly a half billion of the quarters over a 10-week period.

Each state, in the order of its admission to the union, has been given an opportunity to choose a design that reflects its essence. Nevada was the 36th state.



http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Jun-03-Fri-2005/news/26653666.html

[The Witch]

1. Too bad it wasn't a slot machine. n/t

[UncleSepp]

2. Slots and sluts and nucular waste

Really, that's what ought to be on there. Luvs ya, Nevada, but really.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

10. Two out of three ain't bad!

[zbdent]

3. Are the horses running away from

("a growing threat"/"the smoking gun") a mushroom cloud?

;)

[Sabriel]

5. They're running away from horsemeat importers

Must be time for the annual wild mustang culling.

[KansDem]

6. "Better'n wages!"

[Hissyspit]

4. That's one of the kitschiest designs yet. "OOH, look. Our state quarter

looks like a Bob Seger album cover!"

[LibDemAlways]

7. So many possibilities, and

that's the best they could come up with? How about a casino, showgirl, and brothel with the motto "What happens here, stays here."

[TankLV]

26. A brothel and "what happens here - we spread it around".

I like a pair of dice or the a royal flush image - with a busty vegas showgirl with headress on the reverse.

[Eloriel]

8. And the symbolism --

the 'essence' of Nevada is reduced to a static image on a COIN because the reality (actual wild horses) are being slaughtered. Lovely, just lovely.

[shimmergal]

9. They ruled out any motif related to gambling,

or presumably showgirls etc., from the beginning. And lots of us are fighting for preservation of the wild horses.

[northzax]

11. way too busy

I dislike the really busy quarters, if you can't show your state simply, then you have issues.

[XemaSab]

12. Consider the source

What else are they going to put on the quarter?

A really, really big sage bush?

On edit: Wait, they did that.... the sage is bigger than the horses!

[MrBenchley]

17. Bugsy Siegel's corpse?

A showgirl? Weeping losers?

[Arugula Latte]

22. A hardened smoked-too-much bleached blonde

with bad eye make-up wearing stretch pants too tight to cover her ample backside with a drink in one hand and a slot handle in the other ...

[MrBenchley]

24. LOL!

Perfect....

[underpants]

13. Damn! I was just sure Shecky Green was going to be on it

Those people have no taste

[Dulcinea]

14. What, no Elvis impersonator?

How lame is that?

[DemBeans]

15. wow...

Those horses look like they're fleeing in terror.

Oh, wait...

[MrBenchley]

16. I like the Alabama state quarter

It's two dimes and a nickel wrapped together in duct tape....

[XemaSab]

19. The beauty of the Alabama quarter

is that they put a renowned socialist on their quarter.

I STILL wanna know how that one got past 'em.

[MGKrebs]

25. Bada boom!

And the Wisconsin quarter is pretty cheesy (which makes it my favorite so far).

[davidinalameda]

27. ummm cheese

<drool>

[drdtroit]

18. It should have just been a hole dug in the desert

(about 50 miles outside of Vegas).

[damntexdem]

20. What? You mean it won't feature three ...

slot machines galloping around a roulette table?

[0007]

21. The head of Joe Conforte would have been appropriate

and on the other side his 0' lady "Sally"

[Straight Shooter]

23. That is one busy quarter.

The mountain range and one running horse would have been plenty.

[medeak]

28. embarassing...voted for the mining quarter..damn n't

[Straight Shooter]

29. This thread got me to thinking about the Oregon state quarter.

Here it is, my friends, nice and clean.



"The Oregon Quarter is the Third of the 50 States Commemorative Quarters released by the U.S. Mint in the year 2005, and the 33rd of the entire series.

According to the U.S. Mint's official website, Its coin design features a portion of Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States, viewed from the south-southwest rim. The design incorporates Wizard Island, as well as Watchman and Hillman Peaks on the lake’s rim and conifers. The coin bears the inscription "Crater Lake". Crater Lake is a unique and stunning natural treasure, formed more than 7,700 years ago by the collapse of Mt. Mazama in what is now southern Oregon. At 1,949 feet, it is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh deepest in the world, and has a record clarity depth of 134 feet. The main cause of Crater Lake’s remarkable clarity is its isolation from incoming streams and rivers."

[pinniped]

30. The nuclear mountain (Yucca) should be the backdrop...

with the soon to be extinct wild horses and burros galloping about.

But seriously, I think there should be wild horses/burros with the Comstock mine as the backdrop.