California state quarter design recommended by the CCAC - a new low?

kranky · November 25, 2003 10:36AM

NN reports the Citizens Coin Advisory Committee reviewed five suggested designs for the California state quarter and chose this one. I have been pretty critical of the state quarter designs for the most part, but this one seems to me to be the blandest so far.

homerunhall · November 25, 2003 10:40AM

Barf...

ConstellatioCollector · November 25, 2003 10:40AM

I prefer the one with the man panning for gold!

tjkillian · November 25, 2003 10:40AM

My that is a bad design. I hope that it is ignored.

Tom

BSqr · November 25, 2003 10:41AM

Oh man, that's not good.

JoeHolt · November 25, 2003 10:44AM

I really like cheese now

XpipedreamR · November 25, 2003 10:46AM

What do you guys think about this one...similar, but I think it's kind of neat

goose3 · November 25, 2003 10:48AM

they look like arcade tokens!!!!!!

DennisH · November 25, 2003 10:51AM

A blank planchet reverse would actually be better... that way at least the art philosophy types could have a field day by waxing poetic: "Art is metaphoric and symbolic; it speaks differently to each individual and all we have to do is listen."

Or some such BS.

I'm with Homerunhall -- it's barf.

stujoe · November 25, 2003 11:12AM

That's a lot of sharks!

ElectricEye · November 25, 2003 11:52AM

<< they look like arcade tokens!!!!!! >>

you so hit that one on the head

FrattLaw · November 25, 2003 11:57AM

<< That's a lot of sharks! >>

California has the most attorneys per capita of any state, so it is fitting.

Michael

291fifth · November 25, 2003 12:05PM

An outstanding and original design. It shows some creativity.

airplanenut · November 25, 2003 12:17PM

<< Barf... >>

So will PCGS not grade this one? Oh, wait, you grade frankies

XpipedreamR · November 25, 2003 12:22PM

<< So will PCGS not grade this one? Oh, wait, you grade frankies >>

mdwoods · November 25, 2003 12:23PM

I gaggeth at the sight.

edsondl · November 25, 2003 12:58PM

I wonder how those from mountainous, northern california, Napa (sp?) Valley or Silicon Valley feel about that design as representative of their state.

mgoodm3 · November 25, 2003 12:59PM

I think it's kinda interesting. I like it better than the state outline/montage designs. I do like the second version better.

AmericanSilverEagleCoins · November 25, 2003 1:11PM

Any coin without Baywatch and Pamela Anderson on it is not representative of CA. Also there is no reference to Hollywood.

Aethelred · November 25, 2003 1:19PM

Ranks right on the bottom with NH.

BigE · November 25, 2003 1:22PM

Sharks, it look like a bunch of Hersheys kisses, or the top of a cake (although I haven't had dessert yet)------------BigE

oreville · November 25, 2003 1:49PM

looks like penguins invading California!

windwhispersintrees · November 25, 2003 1:53PM

California finally fell into the ocean.

Woodwind · November 25, 2003 3:48PM

<< Also there is no reference to Hollywood. >>

I really wanted to see the design featuring both the Golden Gate Bridge and the Hollywood sign. That to me was the only way to capture both the northern and southern parts of the state. Evidently, very few people agreed with me.

shirohniichan · November 25, 2003 3:51PM

ACK!

They forgot the new motto; "SURF'S UP, DUDE"

lordmarcovan · November 25, 2003 3:56PM

I don't think it's a new low, so much as a case of missed potential.

But in a strange sort of way, I like it- there's something modernistic and yet Zen about it. (I know it sounds like I'm talkin' out my ass- most people sound that way when they write art reviews, as DennisH pointed out.)

On second look at the bigger picture, I actually DO like the version Xpipedream posted. It's neutral and all-encompassing. I hear Beach Boys music.

Don't shoot, please.

Maybe if I were in CA I would hate it.

oldcameoproofsguy · November 25, 2003 3:58PM

Yawn.
ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz...
Snore.

Veridicus · November 25, 2003 3:58PM

Looks like a good place to throw in the sponge on the back of the NH quarter.

Mrpawn · November 25, 2003 4:11PM

Only too many drugs and excessive arrogance would cause this to be approved

hamiltonjh · November 25, 2003 4:24PM

HAHAHAHAHA....they cant be serious....who the heck are on these committees??? wow....
so bad, I cant even think of a uncensorable word strong enough to use...TERRIBLE

hoardmonster · November 25, 2003 5:32PM

I have to agree with lordmarcovan here. This is not a new low. And in a weird way I sort of like it.

wallstreetman · November 25, 2003 7:58PM

That is so ignorant, you should be able to tell which state it is without reading it! How many states could that apply to?

wingedliberty · November 25, 2003 8:29PM

Its terrible, I agree, . I personally like the original concept of the grizzly bear and Eureka (Minerva), both looking on into the sunset, but of course, since the design has artistic merit and is Greco-Roman in artistic concept, it cannot possibly be selected by the souless and politically correct ignoramouses.

cosmicdebris · November 25, 2003 9:06PM

I like this one better too

ClausUrch · November 25, 2003 9:30PM

ClausUrch · November 25, 2003 9:32PM

I kinda like it!!! Not cluttered with a bunch of junk relating to the State and a bit contemporary. They should tone down the waves a bit like the design posted by Xpipedream.

Higashiyama · November 25, 2003 9:36PM

Sometimes I need to read through 4 - 5 posts before I realize the first one was a joke -- but I'm getting the idea that you guys are serious. California = surf and sun?

EvilMCT · November 25, 2003 10:01PM

It's better than most of the other created so far. It's still a boring design, but at least it's not some random collection of crap thrown on top of the state outline.

Ken

MadMarty · November 25, 2003 11:14PM

I like the one with the picture of Arnie!!!

ScarsdaleCoin · November 25, 2003 11:27PM

I WOULD RATHER SEE ARNOLD ON THE QUARTER....talk about everyone at CACC having no guts to try and get something worth being on a coin....

1957joe · November 25, 2003 11:31PM

That REALLY stinks!!!!!!!!

SportsModerator · November 25, 2003 11:40PM

Truly ugly

CarlWohlforth · November 25, 2003 11:44PM

The waves do look more like sharks than waves to me.

I'm from the Silicon Valley but don't think there should be computers or chips or anything like that. Mountains are nice. (I may be alone but I really like the NH) Geographically much of the state is desert and mountain. Well they have never listened to me before...

paigowjohnny · November 26, 2003 12:04AM

Oddly enough...a lot of people I've talked to out here in Cali actually like that wave design

baccaruda · November 26, 2003 12:11AM

As bad as it is, it's still better than this one with 20 separate unrelated scenes going on at once. This has to be the all-time worst design for a state quarter:

You know, they wasted some space above the bear and left of that unidentifiable thing - maybe they could squeeze something else in.

fcloud · November 26, 2003 12:23AM

Its a lot better than my home state of Wisconsin.

Thumbs up for California, at least they dare to be different!

DAM · November 26, 2003 12:31AM

Yuck!

Bikingnut · November 26, 2003 12:57AM

What happened to the design that everyone voted for? That one wasn't it.

csw · November 26, 2003 1:25AM

Great design! I'm so sick of the standard, cluttered, impossible to decipher ones that have been clogging my pocket change lately.

SDCollector · November 26, 2003 2:26AM

Well I like it...and a lot! It's the one I was pulling for. It meets all of my criteria - innovative design, one theme, large devices.

The other California designs were horrible. For example, the Golden Gate bridge with a palm tree...the gold miner (looking at the top of his hat). The John Muir design was ok, but it would have been too tiny on a quarter.

I've been very critical of the state designs, but I think my home state did alright with this one. C'mon you guys, take another look!

richbeat · November 27, 2003 5:36AM

I like it. If there's a drawback in the state quarter program, it's not being able to put everything about a state onto one reverse design (although some have tried). Maybe after Hawaii (and possibly the territories) there should be 50 State Quarters Part 2, and the second time around include those things about the states that weren't used the first time around.

California state quarter design recommended by the CCAC - a new low?

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