Minnesota state quarter

dcarr · November 13, 2003 4:11PM

What should be on the Minnesota quarter ?
I submitted the design (link below) with the help of Minnesota resident Dan Floyd.
I'm sure that the rendering will never make it to the US Mint, but I enjoyed creating
it just the same.

Minnesota quarter design

Placid · November 13, 2003 4:16PM

Nice

Darkhorse · November 13, 2003 4:21PM

It's nice... but as a Canadian I can't help but feel that it's strangely familiar.

atarian · November 13, 2003 4:27PM

i dont know about the moose. it looks more detailed. but what is up with the hint of the Northstars? i didnt think hockey had anything to do with it. lol . but really what is the deal with the north star in it. any state has the ability of using the north star logo. i still think when we get to North Dakota we shoul dhave on the coin a BIG WIDE OPEN LAND witha house far in the back ground witha thomoeter saying below 70 degrees F . i think that is the true nature of that state Wicked cold to the likes never seen and alot of land. HMM or is that Montana. i think Fargo ND is the coldest place in the usa more so than alaska only cause alaska is near water ( frozen or not)

hughesm1 · November 13, 2003 4:32PM

Being born and raised in MN IMO the common loon more accurately symbolises the state, though I do like the design. I think any design with an outdoors theme will go over well.

hughesm1 · November 13, 2003 5:24PM

<< <i>...but what is up with the hint of the Northstars? i didnt think hockey had anything to do with it. lol . but really what is the deal with the north star in it. any state has the ability of using the north star logo... >>

Uh, sorry to break it to ya, but MN is also called the North Star State (the northernmost point in the 48 contiguous states.) It has nothing to do with the former MN North Stars. In theory, any state could use the north star logo, but the other states (except Alaska I suppose) just don't have the same connection with being called the North Star State.

dcarr · November 13, 2003 5:26PM

Darkhorse -
After I finished my first version of it, I happened to be going through some coins and came to a silver Canadian quarter. The similarities were "striking"

So I changed it as much as I could. I even mirrored the moose from right to left (originally, it was oriented the same as the Canadian's Caribou !).
Oh well.

atarian -
Minnesota's official motto is "The Star of the North".

hughesm1 -
I think the Minnesota quarter committee has already shot down the loon idea, partly due to Canada's use of it. They could do the same to mine. But at least mine is a moose and their's is a caribou.

sinin1 · November 13, 2003 10:26PM

what - no outline of the state for the geographically illiterate?

how about taking out the "N" in the circle and put in the MN outline? what is that on there? is it a moose or cariboo? do they have those in MN - I haven't seen any and have lived here 15 yrs.

I like the simple uncluttered design.

If you change it - maybe some wheat or corn - 150 years ago wheat milling was very big in Minneapolis - starting Pillsbury - also Cargill got started with many small corn/grain mills on major rivers and railroads -> turning both into international food middlemen sucking money from farmers and keeping them basically slaves

1957joe · November 13, 2003 10:37PM

Nice design.

Tade · November 13, 2003 10:43PM

Change the moose to an ox, and put Paul on the coin.

XpipedreamR · November 13, 2003 10:51PM

You see, the problem with your design is that it is relatively simple and attractive.

The mint seems to favor the hodgepodge/potpourri approach to the design of these quarters.

You need need to shrink the noose, and add a few random doo-dads around it- a stick of butter, folding chair, stapler, and perhaps a ham sandwich.

Then I am sure they will give your design some serious consideration.

LanLord · November 13, 2003 10:57PM

Smart-a$$ response: An image of the Mall of America should be on the Minnesota State quarter.

Serious ansewer: I sorta like the design you posted, I was thinking of somehow playing off of the numerous lakes and therefore potential for sportmanship, but that may not translate well into a coin design. I like Bullwinkle, and he did come from Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, wheres Rocky?

Steve27 · November 13, 2003 11:09PM

Nice design, but where did the Moose come from? The state mascot is the gopher, and there have been proposals for state animal including the timber wolf, white-tailed deer, and gopher, but no moose (Maine should have a moose on their quarter).

kranky · November 13, 2003 11:23PM

Always a treat to see your designs, Daniel.

I saw in this week's CW that the Texas quarter design was final. Another deadly dull state outline.

XpipedreamR · November 13, 2003 11:25PM

That's lame...haven't they already put the outline on a coin before?

windwhispersintrees · November 13, 2003 11:38PM

XpipeDrmR---too funny!

I don't care where the moose came from....it's a good simple design. Especially because it doesn't go for the obvious "land of 10,ooo lakes" that everyone already knows. And, it does not use a state outline!

I feel many state quarters are uninteresting because they merely rehash already well-known mottos/motifs/cliches. I wish the designs all went with some more obscure aspect of each state, that'd be new or interesting for the rest of the country to learn.
Gee whizz....minuteman on MA quarter...who the heck doesn't know about him already, or the Old Man of the Mtn for NH? Give me arcane obscure things instead, that maybe would make me want to know more or visit!

Great effort at doing something elegant and simple.

By the way, here's some other designs from www.quarterdesigns.com No doubt they'll pick the last one because it looks most like the dryer lint screen after your to-do list has gone through the wash.

CarlWohlforth · November 13, 2003 11:43PM

Thanks for posting your designs! It is obvious you have a lot of enthusiasm about coin designs. I like this one very much.

Geoman · November 14, 2003 12:18AM

As a life-long Minnesota resident, I have been following the process more closely than other states. (I even applied for the Governor's State Quarter Dollar Commission - didn't get selected.) The coin with the moose is a nice design. But personally, I think a loon is probably a better choice. I really think it will come down to something with a "lakes" theme, such as fishing, loon, etc. Living in northern MN, we do hearof the occasional moose sighting; but I think MN is better known for the loon - which is the state bird.

supercoin · November 14, 2003 3:03AM

As another Minnesotan I'd have to agree with the comments about the moose too, but it sure looks nice! I'm quite sure the final design, whatever it is, won't be as aesthetically pleasing.

Too bad a Walleye isn't more photogenic...

mgoodm3 · November 14, 2003 3:09AM

Need to have a lutefisk TV dinner on there somewhere. I remember a few years ago, when I was living there, they came out around Xmas.

supercoin · November 14, 2003 3:13AM

Wait, stop the presses!

I can't believe this one hasn't been submitted already... the true MN state bird:

supercoin · November 14, 2003 6:09AM

Of course you can't go wrong sticking a bald guy on a coin:

supercoin · November 14, 2003 6:26AM

Or maybe use it to display a public service message, like this warning to visitors from the west coast:

supercoin · November 14, 2003 6:30AM

Minnesotans love(?) snow and whimsy, this combines both:

barberlover · November 14, 2003 6:42AM

When is our quarter supposed to come out ?

supercoin · November 14, 2003 6:51AM

Beats me, what I want to know is the submission deadline!

Here's one evocative of the Minnesotan no-nonsense attitude and work ethic:

Minnesota state quarter

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