Shirley, your Michigan quarter ideas made me spit my tomato soup all over my screen. I myself was going to suggest some sort of vehicle, up on blocks. Either that, or a construction sign.
Prarie Rose, not Little Red?
Sadly, you KNOW there will be people wanting something about the football team on the quarter.
Sigh
The good news is that Iowa was admitted ahead of Nebraska, so hopefully they’ll take a corn symbol. Please, Iowa, take it!!
I think the capitol in Lincoln and/or Chimney Rock would make a nice quarter.
Thought of a good one for Indiana: a potatoe.
Or a Bob Knight rampant (sorry-- did time at IU).
Cristi, sorry about the screen 
How about a Quarter from Michigan with Dow Chemical in the background and exploding breasts in the forefront?
ROFLMAO…Shirley, now you owe me a new computer screen
::giggling uncontrollably::
Shadowfox
“We are what we pretend to be.”
- Kurt Vonnegut
Thanks Shirley, I’m glad I can return the favor. We don’t even have to kiss, we can just swap monitors.
Hub, don’t worry about being stuck with an ear of corn. Iowa will undoubtedly snap that up. Unfortunately, it’s completely indicative of this state.
Shirley! Stop that! That makes a whole roll of paper towels I’ve gone through!
*Jackamus: I believe on the US Mint site it gives the rules for submitting designs and there are so many things it CAN’T be: sports things, famous people, etc. etc. *
Well, NJ has George Washington crossing the Delaware River. He’s relatively famous.
BTW, which way was George going, to NJ or to Pennsylvania? If it’s the latter, that’s a funny design for the coin: somebody leaving the state.
Well, in case anyone is interested, you can look up the rules for submitting a design here:
[http://www1.usmint.gov/50states/design.cfm#blanktemplate](http://www1.usmint.gov/50states/design.cfm#blanktemplate)
AWB, I was wrong about the famous people. I don’t see that specifically mentioned. It does, however, refer to New Jersey’s design as the “painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware.” No mention is made of which direction he was going.
Thanks for all your suggestions for Indiana’s design. Jim Nabors? Cute, but . . . Potatoe (sp?)? I think Idaho might snag that one. Bobby Knight rampant has some possibilities. . . .
Pondering,
Jac
Well, the “potatoe” (sp!) was a bit of a Dan Quayle joke… wait, why am I explaining this?
“I spent the war
in Indiana…”
Am I the only person from Rhode Island on this fool message board? Our quarter should be one of our many indicted public officials. (It’s hard to choose, theyre’s so many) Maybe our ex-governor. According to local legend, he once dumpster dived behind Walt’s Roast Beef for a misplaced “envelope”. Maybe a pair of legs sticking out of a dumpster would be a good coin. The governor can’t do too much complaining-he’s still in prison. We’ll probably end up with the ocean or a quahog or Roger Williams or something.
Born2,
I’ll betcha you get a jug of coffee-flavored syrup.
Uke
I’m not from Rhode Island, but how about Butts Hill? Is that an easily recognizable landmark?
Or I remember reading something once about an old building called the “Old Stone Mill”. Isn’t that a structure that people say might have been built by Vikings? Maybe that’s just an UL.
La franchise ne consiste pas à dire tout ce que l’on pense, mais à penser tout ce que l’on dit.
H. de Livry
I was thinking of what OHIO’s state quarter should be if Michiganians had any say in the matter, since we just drive through OHIO on our way to Florida in our RV’s and minivans.
My thought is a restroom. Ohio, to me is one big reststop. I think I have peed in every rest stop along I-75 in that state. (Is there some kind of merit badge for such an accomplishment?) The motto at the bottom could be: Piss on us as you Pass on Through.
Catchy, huh?
*Born2Read: Am I the only person from Rhode Island on this fool message board? Our quarter should be one of our many indicted public officials. (It’s hard to choose, theyre’s so many) Maybe our ex-governor. According to local legend, he once dumpster dived behind Walt’s Roast Beef for a misplaced “envelope”. Maybe a pair of legs sticking out of a dumpster would be a good coin. The governor can’t do too much complaining-he’s still in prison. We’ll probably end up with the ocean or a quahog or Roger Williams or something. *
For Rhode Island, how about Melina Kanakaredes from the TV show “Providence”? I wouldn’t mind having a few of her in my pants pocket. 
You’re right Ike. A nice jug of Eclipse or Autocrat syrup would be great. Or some coffee ice cream. Or a Del’s Lemonade. Arnold, I’m sorry, I’ve lived here all my life and I’m ashamed to say I’ve never heard of Butt’s Hill. Where is it? Like most Rhode Islanders, I never venture outside a two or three mile radius of my home. And AWB, as much as I like how nice the show Providence makes the city look, I don’t really like the show. Although they did have Mayor Buddy on, so they must be OK.
Butts Hill is the site of the Battle of Rhode Island, fought during the revolutionary war.
I’m glad my memory isn’t totally shot! I confirmed that with Encyclopedia Britannica.
And from the name of the hill, maybe it has an interesting shape that would give people cause to ponder what is really on the back of the coin?
La franchise ne consiste pas à dire tout ce que l’on pense, mais à penser tout ce que l’on dit.
H. de Livry