United States Mint lifts the curtain on designs for the 2019 America the Beautiful Quarters Program

Kudbegud

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Kudbegud

Smudge

The San Antonio looks out of place and I like it best.

Goldminers

Wonder if the Guam designer is a lefty.

Timbuk3

Nice designs !!!

topstuf

@Smudge said:
The San Antonio looks out of place and I like it best.

Looks more "coinish."
The others more "same old stuff-ish."

Hydrant

@Goldminers said:
Wonder if the Guam designer is a lefty.

I get it. Two left handed Marines. Also the rifles are way, way, off. Oh well.

jwitten

@Goldminers said:
Wonder if the Guam designer is a lefty.

That one just looks weird to me. The way he is laying on the ground looks very odd.

Paradisefound

The perspective is a bit off with the Idaho; seeing it from an artist point of view.... the kayaker looks like about to plunge

pf70collector

So last year finally?

ricko

I like the San Antonio Mission design....The Guam design is notable in that it shows two left handed Marines.....Cheers, RickO

topstuf

@ricko said:
I like the San Antonio Mission design....The Guam design is notable in that it shows two left handed Marines.....Cheers, RickO

As they would appear in a mirror.

topstuf

@Paradisefound said:
The perspective is a bit off with the Idaho; seeing it from an artist point of view.... the kayaker looks like about to plunge

I don't think that's a kayak.
AND I don't think it's gonna fit between those rocks.

topstuf

Has our country lost its imagination? Or are there "groups" that would be OFFENDED if a really artistic allegorical image was approved for a circulating coin?
So a mistake gets made. They COVERED UP Liberty's breast in 1917 but still ended up with a pretty classy coin.

All the newer designs smack of political correctness or political...PANDERING...

I consider it a shame and it's the reason I don't collect "moderns."

I've even TRIED to find an appealing "modern" design in the Redbook to no avail.
One or two ....maybe... but not enough to bother with.

Ah well, it' s time for the senior singalong so I'll be out for a while.

Kudbegud

@topstuf said:

@ricko said:
I like the San Antonio Mission design....The Guam design is notable in that it shows two left handed Marines.....Cheers, RickO

As they would appear in a mirror.

The design could have been flipped right to left at some point in the process as more appealing visually.

Hemispherical

Designs for 2020.

WWW

@topstuf said:

@Paradisefound said:
The perspective is a bit off with the Idaho; seeing it from an artist point of view.... the kayaker looks like about to plunge

I don't think that's a kayak.
AND I don't think it's gonna fit between those rocks.

"Let's go to Idaho and do some whitewater boating." Hmmm...
That's a great depiction of why it's called the River Of No Return.

WWW

Tuskegee Airman looks totally badass
Weir Farm... not so much.

MattTheRiley

My daughter will LOVE the Kansas design!

BryceM

@Paradisefound said:
The perspective is a bit off with the Idaho; seeing it from an artist point of view.... the kayaker looks like about to plunge

I live not so far from those rivers. Plunging down miniature waterfalls is more common than not...... Still, I'm not thrilled with the design. Maybe it would be better with a little banjo music.

koynekwest

All the 2020 designs are decent IMO.

Ebeneezer

@Goldminers said:
Wonder if the Guam designer is a lefty.

Great eye. On the subject, my father is a lefty. Love the stories of him qualifying with a standard issue .45.

DBSTrader2

Sooooooooooo glad we're almost at the end!