While filling in the latest quarter in my State Quarter Album, something odd struck me about the designs of a few of them. So, it's time for a pop quiz!
1) One state quarter can be considered a "double-headed coin." Which?
2) Which state quarter features two different presidents?
3) Which state quarter features something heretofore only associated with nickels?
4) The Texas quarter can be considered subdued, restrained, and tasteful. Discuss why this is so unusual.
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Kansas has a buffalo, which... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Bobbert | November 28, 2005 6:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Kansas has a buffalo, which has heretofore only been on the nickle. Illinois for two different presidents (Washington on front, Lincoln on back.)
1. Posted by Bobbert | November 28, 2005 6:59 AM |
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2. Posted by Joel | November 28, 2005 7:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm thinking New Hampshire's quarter could be considered two-headed with the (late) old man in the mountain on the back.
2. Posted by Joel | November 28, 2005 7:20 AM |
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3. Posted by Victor | November 28, 2005 7:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Bobbert and Joel nailed my two guesses for the first three questions. My explanation for the fourth is because anyone familiar with stereotyped Texans (especially where female hairstyles are concerned)...quite frankly, "Texas" doesn't belong in a sentance that contains the words, "subdued, restrained, and tasteful."
3. Posted by Victor | November 28, 2005 7:59 AM |
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4. Posted by Rodney Dill | November 28, 2005 8:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I would think Delaware's quarter which has Caesar Rodney on horseback on the reverse could be considered to be two headed
4. Posted by Rodney Dill | November 28, 2005 8:26 AM |
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5. Posted by Retread | November 28, 2005 9:09 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Rodney, couldn't Delaware be considered to be three headed, counting the horse?
Retread
removing tongue from cheek now
5. Posted by Retread | November 28, 2005 9:09 AM |
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6. Posted by joe | November 28, 2005 9:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Doesn't Wisconsin's have a big ol' cow head on it?
I heard that that WASN'T the winning design, but the governor overrode the committee that chose the design and did a cow head and some cheese. Apparently, the tourist board was pissed, because they're sick of the cheesehead stereotype.
6. Posted by joe | November 28, 2005 9:28 AM |
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7. Posted by Greg | November 28, 2005 9:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You've left off the best coin trivia question that is answered by one of the state quarters. What US coin has four, count 'em FOUR, different years stamped on it?
7. Posted by Greg | November 28, 2005 9:39 AM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 09:39
8. Posted by Bobbert | November 28, 2005 9:48 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Regarding the Texas quarter: The star is sunken, giving it a 3d effect.
Oh, and Victor is right. It's not customary to use tasteful and Texas in the same sentence.
8. Posted by Bobbert | November 28, 2005 9:48 AM |
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9. Posted by joe | November 28, 2005 10:10 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Greg,
Virginia?
9. Posted by joe | November 28, 2005 10:10 AM |
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10. Posted by Sean Gleeson | November 28, 2005 11:04 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
1. Alabama has Helen Keller. (New Hampshire's Old Man shouldn't count, since it was a natural rock formation.)
2. Illinois
3. The Kansas quarter depicts a buffalo, which has been largely -- but not only associated with the nickel. (Don't you remember the 1999 buffalo dollar coin?)
4. Being subdued, restrained, and tasteful is not just unusual for Texas; it is doubly unusual for the "50 state quarters" program, since most of the obverse designs look like crappy souvenir-stand refrigerator magnets. If they weren't worth a quarter, they wouldn't be worth anything.
10. Posted by Sean Gleeson | November 28, 2005 11:04 AM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 11:04
11. Posted by kbiel | November 28, 2005 11:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
4. It was only subdued because we couldn't figure out a way to make the star bigger than the coin itself.
11. Posted by kbiel | November 28, 2005 11:26 AM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 11:26
12. Posted by Greg | November 28, 2005 12:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Joe,
Virginia is correct, but not what I was looking for. I didn't realize that VA also had four different years on it. There is one other. And like VA, the fourth year is a year that was in the future when the coin was issued.
12. Posted by Greg | November 28, 2005 12:51 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 12:51
13. Posted by Bobbert | November 28, 2005 1:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Missouri has 4 dates: 1821, 1804,2003,2004
13. Posted by Bobbert | November 28, 2005 1:31 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 13:31
14. Posted by shark | November 28, 2005 2:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Opinion: NY has the nicest one so far, FL is absolutely hideous
14. Posted by shark | November 28, 2005 2:20 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 14:20
15. Posted by Dwayne "the canoe guy" | November 28, 2005 5:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Texas design was actually the second one approved. The first one, designed by a student at Texas A&M, had to be dropped because it kept jamming in vending machines.
The duct tape kept coming off the two dimes and the nickel.
15. Posted by Dwayne "the canoe guy" | November 28, 2005 5:23 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 17:23
16. Posted by Ric Locke | November 28, 2005 11:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yeah, the Texas quarter is subdued, restrained, and tasteful.
Some of us are pissed as Hell at that.
Regards,
Ric (in Texas)
16. Posted by Ric Locke | November 28, 2005 11:58 PM |
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Posted on November 28, 2005 23:58
17. Posted by Bobbertsan | November 29, 2005 6:39 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So what are the correct answers, Jay?
17. Posted by Bobbertsan | November 29, 2005 6:39 AM |
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Posted on November 29, 2005 06:39