Michigan quarter voting results in
Dan Pon
they have the final results of the online poll on the five finalist
designs. The top votegetter was probably the ugliest of the designs,
IMHO. It's got the outline of the state and all of the Great Lakes
(never mind that one of the lakes doesn't even touch Michigan) along
with a bunch of various symbols representing the state scattered
around the rim (which places them in Canada and surrounding states if
you think of the design as a map). Some of the symbols are just barely
big enough to be recognizable. Whoever dreamed this up has no idea of
artistic composition. However, it should be remembered that the votes
were split among 5 designs, and if there were a runoff between the top
two, the results might be different. Some of the designs were so
similar, vote splitting was virtually guaranteed. I did like the
second place design (not the greatest, but the best of what was given)
which shows just the outline of the state and a depiction of the
Mackinac Bridge in it's correct geographical location and an antique
auto near Detroit. It's not cluttered. I hope that the powers that be
don't go by the results of the online poll and instead use their own
judgment and go with what is undoubtedley the neatest design.
Bob Flaminio
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> If you check out the state of Michigan website at http://mich.gov ,
> they have the final results of the online poll on the five finalist
> designs. The top votegetter was probably the ugliest of the designs,
> IMHO.
Oh yeah. They've taken ugly to a new level with that design. Compare
the "winner" with D. Carr's design. My ghod -- wtf are people up there
thinking/drinking/smoking?
-Bob
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"Dan Pon" <eny...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Stujoe
spoke thusly...
Massive Brain Freeze. :-)
Seriously, those are the worst 5 design choices I have seen with
Texas (Massive Brain Melt) being a very close second if you have seen
those.
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> In article <a9l28s$49knv$1...@ID-40152.news.dfncis.de>, Bob Flaminio
> spoke thusly...
> > "Dan Pon" <eny...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:30381118.02041...@posting.google.com...
> > > If you check out the state of Michigan website at http://mich.gov ,
> > > they have the final results of the online poll on the five finalist
> > > designs. The top votegetter was probably the ugliest of the designs,
> > > IMHO.
> >
> > Oh yeah. They've taken ugly to a new level with that design. Compare
> > the "winner" with D. Carr's design. My ghod -- wtf are people up there
> > thinking/drinking/smoking?
>
> Massive Brain Freeze. :-)
>
> Seriously, those are the worst 5 design choices I have seen with
> Texas (Massive Brain Melt) being a very close second if you have seen
> those.
>
Texas....did I see Texas? I can;t remember...
Alan
'how about a state outline and a star!'
TomDeLorey
our own. A horrible choice.
Tom DeLorey
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>Subject: Michigan quarter voting results in
>From: eny...@yahoo.com (Dan Pon)
>Date: 4/17/2002 6:56 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <30381118.02041...@posting.google.com>
TomDeLorey
.
Owner of the world second-finest collection of the Coins of the Republic of
Honduras from 1832-1922, as if ANYBODY gave a rat's patoot......
JOPN
>Seriously, those are the worst 5 design choices I have seen with
>Texas (Massive Brain Melt) being a very close second if you have seen
>those.
>
When I think of MI I think of Detroit and cars. Is this the 1st purely
geographical design?
Alan & Erin Williams
When I think of Michigan I think of Grand Rapids under about 4 and half
feet with the wind howling across a flat treeless landscape, furniture
dealers everywhere and tractor trailers *still* crawling the interstate.
Alan
'I still have nightmares about that one'
Stujoe
thusly...
Cars and Motown for me too. I am sure there are other things too that
could be represented well also.
"More than 4300 design choices" and what did The Committee choose?
2 state/lake outlines
2 state/lake outlines with a small car off to the side
1 state/lake outline with some other stuff about the size of a gnat's
butt placed around it.
Clip Art Quarters at their worst.
Michael G. Koerner
Well, it depends on the KIND of cars. Those Michiganers who live a
couple of hours from me would likely envision a rusted out mid-1970s
Chevy with a deer roped to its roof.
OTOH, that bridge on I-75 (as depicted on Mr. Carr's design) is the
first 'Michigan' image that comes to MY mind.
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> our own. A horrible choice.
> Tom DeLorey
> .
somewhere, so that is probably where the North Star came from:)
Dave
Michael E. Marotta
state outline with Lake Ontario will be changed as well. At least,
one can only hope. Patrick Heller of Liberty Coins worked really hard
on publicity for this for several years, sponsoring YN art contests
for designs, and so on. The major source of the failure mode here is
the HUGE size of the committee. Lots of political appointees and a few
numismatists whose expert opinions were washed out by the politicals
on the committee.
In Ohio -- where I now temporarily live -- the problem was equal and
opposite. No attention given until the last minute and a hasty
committee of three. Beth Deisher was the only serious expert in
numismatics to serve, as I recall.
My wife and I are moving to New Mexico this month. I will do what I
can when I get there. (Let's see: outline of the state, road runner,
flying saucer.... outline of the state cactus... outline of the state,
atom bomb... outline of the state ....) In truth, my favorite is
Rhode Island. Good composition. Good theme. No state outline.
J. Stone
Welcome back Mike. It has been a long time since you posted here.
Chris Matthaei
>Are we running out of imagination? These are barely more than outlines of
>the state.
Dang. Those are truely the worst I've seen so far. I think MI has the
worst state outline for putting on a coin. It's too spread out when you
include the UP. The Mackinac bridge looks really garbled when superimposed
over the state outline. Bad designs, all of them.
Chris
Bob Flaminio
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> Are we running out of imagination? These are barely more than
outlines of
> the state.
My proposal for the California quarter is looking more and more
likely:
http://coins.flaminio.com/ca.gif
-Bob
Andrew
| they have the final results of the online poll on the five finalist
designs.
These designs will completely eliminate our ability to detect die cracks.
Good job, Michigan! Creating a coin so ugly it can not be recognized from a
blank planchet with squiggles gouged into it.
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Marc VanHeyningen
Is that "CA" as in "caca"?
I think your design should also incorporate a motto ("This is what our
state is shaped like".)
Alan & Erin Williams
LOL!
Get all 50 and complete the jigsaw puzzle. ;-)
Alan
Mike Benveniste
> My wife and I are moving to New Mexico this month. I will do what I
> can when I get there. (Let's see: outline of the state, road runner,
> flying saucer.... outline of the state cactus... outline of the state,
> atom bomb... outline of the state ....) In truth, my favorite is
> Rhode Island. Good composition. Good theme. No state outline.
I'm beginning to wonder if Colorado and Wyoming are going to use their
state outlines, and if Alaska is going to insist their won't fit on
anything less than a half-dollar.
I'm shocked, shocked, that art by political committee is so drab as
lifeless. Simply shocked.
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JSTONE9352
>anything less than a half-dollar.
>
Alaska - polar bear.
TomDeLorey
motto?
TD
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>Subject: Re: Michigan quarter voting results in
>From: mvan...@cs.indiana.edu (Marc VanHeyningen)
>Date: 4/22/2002 3:26 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <aa1rkv$ue4$1...@wilson.uits.indiana.edu>
TomDeLorey
TomDeLorey
TD
.
>Subject: Re: Michigan quarter voting results in
>Date: 4/22/2002 5:59 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <20020422185949...@mb-mg.aol.com>
>
>>Alaska is going to insist their won't fit on
>>anything less than a half-dollar.
>>
>
>
>Alaska - polar bear.
>
>
>
>
>
>
JSTONE9352
>Nope....the Kodiak Bear would be more appropriate.
>TD
>.
Is the polar bear white and the Kodiak bear brown? I guess I had white on my
mind
because when I think of Alaska I think of snow.
TomDeLorey
possible. They are found on Kodiak Island, Alaska, though I dare say they can
go anywhere they want as far as I am concerned.
Polar bears are a different species, and are found all around the Arctic Ocean,
not just Alaska.
TD.>Date: 4/23/2002 4:38 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <20020423053838...@mb-mm.aol.com>
TomDeLorey
Larry Craddock
Alaska Larry
Alan & Erin Williams
> A bear would be nice for our quarter but we all know we will be stuck with an outline of the state with the big dipper inside
> Alaska Larry
>
Alaskans are smart people.
I predict no state outline for Alaska.
Bet you are right about Ursa Major, however.
Maybe I can root for a Majestic Caribou under it.
Alan
'HTT for Pillar Dollar...not much time left'
David Ryan
>
> Larry Craddock wrote:
>
> > A bear would be nice for our quarter but we all know we will be stuck with an outline of the state with the big dipper inside
> > Alaska Larry
> >
>
> Alaskans are smart people.
>
> I predict no state outline for Alaska.
>
> Bet you are right about Ursa Major, however.
>
> Maybe I can root for a Majestic Caribou under it.
Warming itself next to the pipeline :)
Michael G. Koerner
>
> A bear would be nice for our quarter but we all know we will be stuck with an outline of the state with the big dipper inside
> Alaska Larry
I wouldn't mind seeing the top of a totem pole. A 'Big Dipper and North
Star' behind it would be a nice added touch.
Bob Flaminio
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>
> I wouldn't mind seeing the top of a totem pole. A 'Big Dipper and
North
> Star' behind it would be a nice added touch.
Ding ding ding! That's be one winner of a design. A little like the
old Canadian dollar commemorative, but the Dipper would be a great
addition.
It's such a good design idea, I'm sure they'll never pick it. Bring on
the SO.
-Bob
TomDeLorey
>Subject: Re: Alaska quarter (was:Michigan quarte)
>From: "Bob Flaminio" b...@flaminio.com
>Date: 4/23/2002 9:48 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <82px8.41699$CH....@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net>
J. Stone
Bob Flaminio wrote:
How about an oil pipeline? Who needs beautiful scenery when you can be
patriotic and feed our gas guzzling SUVs at the same time?
Merlin Dorfman
: A bear would be nice for our quarter but we all know we will be stuck with an outline of the state with the big dipper inside
: Alaska Larry
Wouldn't the Alaska state flag look nice on a coin?
<http://www.50states.com/flag/akflag.htm>. I'm somewhat surprised
that no state flag has appeared on a quarter up to now.
Michael G. Koerner
State flags are expressly forbidden by the Mint's rules.
Merlin Dorfman
: Merlin Dorfman wrote:
: >
: > Larry Craddock (la...@ak.net) wrote:
: > : A bear would be nice for our quarter but we all know we will be stuck with an outline of the state with the big dipper inside
: > : Alaska Larry
: >
: > Wouldn't the Alaska state flag look nice on a coin?
: > <http://www.50states.com/flag/akflag.htm>. I'm somewhat surprised
: > that no state flag has appeared on a quarter up to now.
: State flags are expressly forbidden by the Mint's rules.
Well, that explains it :-) Probably just as well for most
state flags, but some, like Alaska and Colorado, would look pretty
good on a coin.
Fred A. Murphy
On 28-Apr-2002, Merlin Dorfman <dor...@rahul.net> wrote:
> Well, that explains it :-) Probably just as well for most
> state flags, but some, like Alaska and Colorado, would look pretty
> good on a coin.
And Ohio's would be unique.
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