Comments on: The 5 Worst US State Quarter Designs

By: Len Penzo

Len Penzo — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:21:11 +0000

I agree; using the state’s outline in the design was pure laziness, Derf.

The New Hampshire coin became kind of irrelevant after the Old Man collapsed into the valley. I remember when it happened and I immediately thought “Well, so much for NH’s state quarter!”

By: Derf

Derf — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:54:29 +0000

New Hampsire’s is pitiful. The old man on the mountain fell into the valley…the people of that state way overvested their emotional attachment to a rock that wouldn’t get a second look in most western states.

Thumbs up to the states that resisted using an outline of their state in their motif.

By: FireFox

FireFox — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:40:58 +0000

Nevada quarter is the best.

By: Karayray88

Karayray88 — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:27:50 +0000

In regards to the Wyoming quarter and the “cowboy” on the design. It is actually the State of Wyoming logo and is a registed trade mark. The University also uses it. Any why would a state that is know as forever west not have a cowboy featured on it? Just sayin!!!

By: Steve Jacobs (Starving Steve)

Steve Jacobs (Starving Steve) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:31:21 +0000

The Michigan quarter is actually very interesting:

a.) It shows the adjoining Great Lakes i.e, Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie, with Lake Ontario to the North-east but not adjoining Michigan;

b.) It shows the subtle low relief of Michigan, including the Gogebic Range in the western U.P, and the Porcupine Mountains in the U.P;

c.) It shows the interesting geography of Michigan, with its Upper Peninsula and its Lower Michigan, also its Isle Royale (National Park) offshore of Thunder Bay, Ontario in Lake Superior.

By: Krystal

Krystal — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:13:31 +0000

It’s funny the things other people see that are so obvious when pointed out (like the person who only sees WI). I’ve lived in MI all my life and when I saw MI @ the bottom of the list I thought, “What’s wrong with our quarter (other than it being a little boring)?” Then after reading this I realize that I only see the image clearly because I’ve been looking at it all my life, and that it really does look like a Rorshach test. Maybe the people who made the quarters were similarly “blinded” by what these look like to outsiders, because they’re images they’ve seen all of their lives.

By: R in NJ

R in NJ — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:17:13 +0000

That makes it even worse. They just copied and pasted it from an existing logo.

By: Nicholas B

Nicholas B — Sun, 08 May 2011 22:42:57 +0000

Hahaha, as a Wisconsinite all I see in MI’s quarter is WI.

And a big mess.
I know what the Great Lakes look like, and what MI looks like, but this is a big gross mess.

We got our quarter right!

By: 20smoney

20smoney — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:48:56 +0000

Gah, Michigan's is garbage! .-= 20smoney´s last blog ..Finding Deflation =-.

By: Kyle C.

Kyle C. — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:48:56 +0000

I think you did a good job with the list. When I see Ohio I think of three other states first because of the space man. Florida, Texas, and Alabama. Why is he on there anyway?
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