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Texas quarter finalist named - The Texas Commemorative Quarter
The Dallas Morning News ^
| July 9, 2002
| By MANYA BRACHEAR / The Dallas Morning News
Posted on 07/09/2002 11:14:12 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
Texas quarter finalist named
Coin will feature design by Arlington artist
07/09/2002
By MANYA BRACHEAR / The Dallas Morning News
It's not clear whether Gov. Rick Perry flipped a coin to pick a design for Texas' new commemorative quarter. All that matters is that he did.
The coin - with a lariat rope around the shape of the state and a lone star in the middle - was designed by artist Daniel Miller of Arlington.
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The Texas quarter finalist coin. |
Mr. Perry apparently picked the favorite of the Texas Quarter Dollar Coin Design Committee, which forwarded him several finalists out of more than 3,000 entries. Among the rejected ideas: sketches of the Alamo, bluebonnets and armadillos.
An artist at the U.S. Mint will tinker with the design before the coin is etched, minted and released in 2004
The Louisiana quarter was released in May. Indiana will jingle in pockets next month and Mississippi is due out in October.
The other coins considered by the Texas Quarter Dollar Coin Design Committee.
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Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/070902dntextexasquarter.630fb9bf.html
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: quarter; texas
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We have a winner!
To: MeeknMing
I like it. =)
To: MeeknMing
Not bad! I like it. The only thing that could have made it better was if they had added the legend "Don't Mess With Texas."
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posted on
07/09/2002 11:19:04 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
To: All
To: Antoninus; Aggie Mama
Don't Mess with Texas. Yeah, that would have been great. See link at
#4, just fyi.........
To: MeeknMing
Is the Texas quarter going to be bigger than the other state quarters?
To: All
Let's get a
GOOD look at the winner!
To: Tijeras_Slim
Is the Texas quarter going to be bigger than the other state quarters?Doesn't need to be ..... it says TEXAS on it!
To: MeeknMing
I remember that poll. When I saw this news, the first thing I thought was "Hey, that's Number 5! They picked the right one!"
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posted on
07/09/2002 11:37:09 AM PDT
by
Huck
To: Tijeras_Slim
Bigger? Sure! See #7 for actual size. < /kidding >
To: Huck
Yep! You were the first one to hit that thread and comment it was the best!
To: HoustonCurmudgeon; Flyer; bobbyd; dix; humblegunner; Humidston; Xenalyte; PetroniDE; olliemb; ...
TEXAS ping!
To: Huck
Are you still movin' out West? Colorado, wasn't it?
To: MeeknMing
Hold it! Where is the Alamo?
Shouldn't Texas's shrine be somewhere on the coin?
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posted on
07/09/2002 11:41:45 AM PDT
by
Kozak
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
Thanks for the ping, FRiend!
To: MeeknMing
Texas bump.
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posted on
07/09/2002 11:44:46 AM PDT
by
anymouse
To: Aggie Mama
I ike it too. Definitely the best of all of the choices. I do wish they had worked in a blue bonnet somewhere, though.
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
Right pretty
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posted on
07/09/2002 11:45:48 AM PDT
by
Flyer
To: MeeknMing
To: MeeknMing
That explains your belt buckles too. :-D
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