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March 20, 2003

Beaten With An Ugly Stick

Beaten With An Ugly Stick

I really like the new U.S. Quarters. I'm not a systematic collector, but I can't help tossing each new state quarter I run across into a little stash I keep at my desk. Mississippi and Tennessee are my favorites so far, and Maryland wins the award for the most 'official' looking currency. But oh man, New Hampshire has the most butt ugly quarter design of the bunch.

(shameless scan of pocket contents)...

Yuck.

That little hummer is the first bit of change I dump into a vending machine, given the opportunity. I don't even like having it in my pocket. And sure, I don't know all the history and depth behind the "Old Man of the Mountain", but some things just aren't meant to be. Maybe it looked great in pen & ink, but that design just falls all apart on embossed metal. So I guess that's a big fat lesson to all the engraving artists in the rest of the states waiting their turn to get a quarter. Anthropomorphic rock globules stuck to the side of a disc like so much soiled laundry tumbling in the washer is bad news.

Posted by Jeremy at March 20, 2003 3:48 PM