state quarter designs

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All fifty state quarter designs.

 

Some I find quite striking, and some are horrendous. I really like the new Oklahoma one with the scissor tail flycatcher.

 

It's hard for me to say what makes a coin design appealing, but I think simplicity is fairly important. Balance is obviously key.

 

It's easier for me to say what makes a bad design. Anything with a state outline immediately gets points taken off. What a totally lame idea. There is no state quarter, or any other type of coin, that looks better as a result of incorporating a map.

 

Clutter looks bad, and many of the coins suffer from that, although some of the busiest coins (like Nevada's) still look great. Also, there's such a thing as too much simplicity. The Wyoming quarter is terrible in this regard.

 

Some of my favorites: Connecticut, Nevada, Utah, Oklahoma, New Jersey

Alaska, Montana

 

Some of the worst: Wyoming, Indiana, Louisiana, Florida, New Hampshire, Michigan

 

I haven't really made an effort to collect any of the state quarters, though I have kept some of the ones that I like the best.

 

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