Statehood Quarter Design Poll - 2004

llafoe · May 24, 2011 2:34PM

TwoSides2aCoin · May 24, 2011 4:48PM

High Leaf and Low Leaf "designs" of the Wisconsin quarter from Denver in 2004 breathed new life into collecting statehood quarters , it gets my vote as the best design of 2004. And personally, I think they "saved the day".

HIGHLOWLEAVES · May 24, 2011 7:57PM

Wisconsin quarter gets my vote !! Originally, a coin with a cow, cheese and a stalk of corn seemed ugly. That was true until the Denver Mint employee(s) added the famous Extra Leaf designs intentionally and created an instant modern day classic. Even if one wants to poo - poo the Extra Leaves, one cannot escape the excitement and interest that these rare modern classics have generated. It says alot when a current quarter can still command a premium over face six years after they were released.

JedPlanchet · May 24, 2011 8:34PM

2004 was a bad year for State Quarters ... these particular ones also seem pretty cartoonish to me since we've now had two years of ATB quarters.

tychojoe · May 24, 2011 9:30PM

Iowa's use of the famous painting is quite good -- the house takes on good relief and perspective, and overall there's a heartland feel that comes through.

The MI is a surprise in the uncirculated grades. It might seem obvious, but when it's super-clean and scratch-free, the land's topography, the lakes, and the reverses's fields make a boring design actually very nice.

I voted MI was best -- very contrarian I guess.