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Just curious on the 2010 National Park quarters....

BoggledMindBoggledMind Posts: 144 ✭✭
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Are there any preliminary designs available yet? I've seen the design choices for the 2010 cent (and am appalled by the CCAC's choice of LP-10. Give me LP-12 or give me death. Or at least LP-17.) and am surprised that I cant find any prelim designs for the quarters...

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,741 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I doubt they even have the order of issuance figured out yet......
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  • BoggledMindBoggledMind Posts: 144 ✭✭


    << <i>I doubt they even have the order of issuance figured out yet...... >>



    By date established.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_National_Parks_by_date_established

    HR6184


    Sec. 102
    `(4) ISSUANCE OF COINS-
    `(A) ORDER OF ISSUANCE- The quarter dollar coins issued under this subsection bearing designs of national sites shall be issued in the order in which the sites selected under paragraph (3) were first established as a national site.
  • coasterfancoasterfan Posts: 1,302 ✭
    Let me guess. Yellowstone will be Old Faithful erupting.

    Let me guess. Sequoia will be a sequoia tree.

    Let me guess. Yosemite will be Half Dome.

    Let me guess. Mount Rainier will be Mount Rainier.

    Let me guess. Crater Lake will be Crater Lake with Wizard Island in the foreground.

    Let me guess. Wind Cave will be stalactites.

    What a stupid theme for coins.
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  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,723 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Let me guess. Yellowstone will be Old Faithful erupting.

    Let me guess. Sequoia will be a sequoia tree.

    Let me guess. Yosemite will be Half Dome.

    Let me guess. Mount Rainier will be Mount Rainier.

    Let me guess. Crater Lake will be Crater Lake with Wizard Island in the foreground.

    Let me guess. Wind Cave will be stalactites.

    What a stupid theme for coins. >>



    We ought to have Crocodile Dundee standing in the foreground pointing to the main feature on each coin, with that sh t eating grin of his
  • GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭
    I actually like the theme okay--given that they are going to continue to change the design. But you do point out the obvious flaw, that many will be very predictable. Might be better to have the best Micro Brew from each state!
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  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭
    Big challenges for coin design:

    Redwood National Park - The difference between a sequoia and a redwood, when rendered on a coin, will be small.
    What is there? A very mature, very dark and somewhat depressing forest.
    How do you represent fog on a coin?

    Death Valley National Park - One of my favorite parks, but I cannot imagine how to capture it on a coin.
    In person, seen with your own eyes, the distances and scales are gigantic, unreal and misleading.

    Lassen National Park - Few folks can tell the difference between one volcano and another.


    I heard they were planning 5 ounce, 3 inch versions of these things. That is all i'd be interested in. Heavy chunks of silver.


  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Let me guess. Yellowstone will be Old Faithful erupting.

    Let me guess. Sequoia will be a sequoia tree.

    Let me guess. Yosemite will be Half Dome.

    Let me guess. Mount Rainier will be Mount Rainier.

    Let me guess. Crater Lake will be Crater Lake with Wizard Island in the foreground.

    Let me guess. Wind Cave will be stalactites. >>




    image I'd bet you're right!





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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,741 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I doubt they even have the order of issuance figured out yet...... >>



    By date established.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_National_Parks_by_date_established

    HR6184


    Well, not all states/territories have a national park. How do they pick the historic site? Is it not possible that some states have multiple historic sites, with different activation dates?

    I read somewhere that Puerto Rico has a site that could theoretically
    qualify as second in the series. Does anybody have info on that?

    Finally, the legislation calls for five per year. There are 56 candidates. Which year of the eleven gets the six-coin set? First or last? Why to either?

    TD

    Sec. 102
    `(4) ISSUANCE OF COINS-
    `(A) ORDER OF ISSUANCE- The quarter dollar coins issued under this subsection bearing designs of national sites shall be issued in the order in which the sites selected under paragraph (3) were first established as a national site. >>

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,741 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Let me guess. Yellowstone will be Old Faithful erupting.

    Let me guess. Sequoia will be a sequoia tree.

    Let me guess. Yosemite will be Half Dome.

    Let me guess. Mount Rainier will be Mount Rainier.

    Let me guess. Crater Lake will be Crater Lake with Wizard Island in the foreground.

    Let me guess. Wind Cave will be stalactites.

    What a stupid theme for coins. >>




    California has to choose between Yosemite or Sequoia. With Yosemite on the statehood quarter one would ASSUME Sequoia...
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • BoggledMindBoggledMind Posts: 144 ✭✭
    A friendly TTT. Any updates in the last almost-month?
  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,746 ✭✭✭
    This is the last year for me with the U.S. Mint and its proof and mint sets. Good to end it on the 2009 Lincolns.
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They should put national parks on the reverse of the $1 note and give the BEP engravers something interesting to do. NP quarters are going to be rather lousy.
      Yellowstone - teeny weeny rocks and trees with a geyser that looks like a treeGrand Canyon - teeny weeny rocks and trees with a crack in themBryce Canyon - teeny weeny stacks of rocks that look like teeny weeny treesAcadia - teeny weeny rocks and trees on ocean front propertyRocky Mountain - teeny weeny mountains with sharp peaks and elkDenali - teeny weeny mountains with sharp peaks and mooseSmoky Montains - teeny weeny mountains with round peaks and moonshineGrand Tetons - two teeny weeny mountains with, uh, perky peaks
    I'm waiting for Lolcat quarters, actually.
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  • illini420illini420 Posts: 11,467 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm still waiting for the commemorative county pennies!!! I think my county is scheduled for release in 2278.

    Commemorative County Penny Program

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  • RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 19,690 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Let me guess. Yellowstone will be Old Faithful erupting.

    Let me guess. Sequoia will be a sequoia tree.

    Let me guess. Yosemite will be Half Dome.

    Let me guess. Mount Rainier will be Mount Rainier.

    Let me guess. Crater Lake will be Crater Lake with Wizard Island in the foreground.

    Let me guess. Wind Cave will be stalactites.

    What a stupid theme for coins. >>




    California has to choose between Yosemite or Sequoia. With Yosemite on the statehood quarter one would ASSUME Sequoia...
    TD >>




    It should be Death Valley as it is the closest to the center of the Earth. image
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    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

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