Tale of 2 quarters turns loony

Denver Post ^ | 06/13/2005 | David Harsanyi

[cripplecreek]

Our Michigan quarter sucks.

[Auntie Mame]

LOL!

[RayBob]

If you care....

[dead]

The Colorado one looks like a picture of a potato chip.

[Alberta's Child]

For all it's faults, Canada has some cool images on its currency. The one on top shown below is the back of the $5 bill.

[T'wit]

And what should they put on a Minnesota coin, an Ole and Lena joke*? Pooh, this is too silly. I love loons. Canada has a loony dollar, as I recall.

*Ole and Lena got married. On their honeymoon trip they were nearing Minneapolis when Ole put his hand on Lena's knee. Giggling, Lena said, "Ole, you can go farther if ya vant to"... so Ole drove to Duluth.

[Petronski]

Minnesota's is better. They both suck.

[BluH2o]

The Colorado state quarter isn't scheduled to be released until 2006 ... and their giving MN a hard time (or vice-versa)?

[Tennessee_Bob]

Is that a loon or the Loch Ness Monster??

[I still care]

It's political correctness at work. If you put natural wonders on a coin, no one can really argue with it, and it makes the enviros happy.

But if you start putting things you are proud of from your history, expect the leftists to come out screaming. Monticello? Jefferson owned slaves! The alamo? Anti-mexican!

Let's not even get into southern plantation buildings or native americans.

[Charles Martel]

"Colorful Colorado"? That's the best they could do? Lame-O!

Looks like Minnesota wins the slogan competion.

[US_MilitaryRules]

The Colorado one, the outline ridge looks like a man asleep. Hair on the left and lips on the right.

[Hatteras]

The Minnesota one seems okay. Maybe they should have had Mary Richards throwing her hat in the air with the old lady staring at her from the background? "Minnesota, You're going to make it after all!"

But the Colorado quarter sucks. The picture looks like one of those Easter Island statues laying down.

[Miss Marple]

Both are better than my state's quarter. Here is Indiana's:

[aynrandy]

this is a conservative columnist. and what HISTORY? a boat and a loon?

[T'wit]

Here's a loon dollar on eBay. You have to look close to find the mosquitoes and the tipsy fishermen.

[cripplecreek]

I didn't need a map.

[DonnDe]

Hopefully it's not Lake Wobegon.

[T'wit]

It should be a pic of Bobby Plump making The Shot for Milan.