# What's the Best Quarter so Far? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445 "2000-12-07T06:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/1 "2000-12-07T06:12:29Z")
OK, the first ten quarters are out. Name you favorite and least favorite. **South Carolina** is my favorite among those that have an outline of their state. But overall favorite has gotta be **Virginia**. Those ships are beautiful. Quite a lot of depth and detail for coinage, I gotta tell ya. My least favorite has got to be **Maryland**. I just don’t get much from their state capitol building. That and the fact that the strong vertical line cutting right through the middle of the quarter cuts into the harmony of the circle (oh my, I’m talking about Feng Shui in coinage :rolleyes: )Maybe I’m missing something. So, what about the rest of you? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/2 "2000-12-07T07:15:00Z")
**Connecticut** , IMHO. It _doesn’t_ have the state profile, and it seems rather well-balanced – it’s a pretty tree that leaves just the right amount of “white space” on the back of the coin. Folks in Upstate New York are upset about the upcoming quater for that state – it’s New York City-centric, featuring an image of the Statue of Liberty. Why not Niagara Falls, or an Erie Canal boat, or a bottle of Genesee Cream Ale? What’ll be on the other state quarters? Some predictions: _Colorado_ - the Ford Excursion, unless a bigger SUV comes along before then. The quarterm when pressed hard, will play a Kenny G Tune. _New Mexico_ - a single wide mobile home. _Washington_ - either the Windows logo or a cup of coffee. _Texas_ - Ol’ Sparky. _Missouri_ - a “SEE MERAMEC CAVERNS” billboard. _Kentucky_ - a mullet. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/3 "2000-12-07T07:16:03Z")
Sorry ‘bout the typos. Gotta’ clean the keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/4 "2000-12-07T08:06:22Z")
I cannot seem to find a Virginia quarter! They are all hiding. I must say that the New Hampshire quarter’s design of the Old Man of the Mountain is kind of cool. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/5 "2000-12-07T08:32:48Z")
I like the **Delaware** quarter, because it has a horse on it (I love horses), but my favorite so far is the **Virginia** quarter. Love the tall ships. Least favorite: **New Jersey**. The detail is lost on the coin, I think they should have picked a simpler design. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/6 "2000-12-07T09:52:38Z")
First quarter of the Bears vs Patriots Super Bowl when we all still thought the Patriots had a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/7 "2000-12-07T13:30:18Z")
I go with the Virginia state quarter, which I found waiting for me in a pay phone slot last Sunday in bitter cold Manhattan. Love the ships! ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/8 "2000-12-07T13:55:24Z")
Chalk up another vote for the Virginia quarter. And, unlike, **evilbeth** , I can’t stand the New Hampshire one. Ugliest of 'em all IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/9 "2000-12-07T14:09:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by evilbeth \* > **I cannot seem to find a Virginia quarter!** Send your snail-mail address to [rastahomie@hotmail.com](mailto:rastahomie@hotmail.com) and I’ll mail you one. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/10 "2000-12-07T14:33:14Z")
I like the Georgia one, that peach looks like a huge ass hanging over the state. ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/11 "2000-12-07T14:40:21Z")
What kind of horse is that on the Delaware coin? A “Quarter Horse.” Ba-dum-bump. 😃 I don’t think I have seen a VA quarter yet either. I did see a New Hampshire quarter yesterday. Pretty cool. They’ve gotta have the most hard core slogan of any state. “Live free or DIE!” My favorite so far is the Maryland quarter. I like the tree. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/12 "2000-12-07T14:42:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by USCDiver \* > \*\*I like the Georgia one, that peach looks like a huge ass hanging over the state. \*\* That’s the . . . hind quarter. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/13 "2000-12-07T14:46:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tommy the Cat \* > \*\*I did see a New Hampshire quarter yesterday. Pretty cool. They’ve gotta have the most hard core slogan of any state. “Live free or DIE!” > \*\* That phrase freaks out the prisoners in NH that make the license plates. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/14 "2000-12-07T15:27:54Z")
Seconding **elmwood** ’s choice of Connecticut, and for the same reasons: It _doesn’t_ have the state outline (that tactic is pretty unimaginative – c’mon, we _know_ what the state looks like on a map) and the tree is very nice indeed. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/15 "2000-12-07T17:11:02Z")
Count me as another vote for **Virginia**. The elegance of the design is very impressive. Second place goes to **Connecticut** for their lovely tree. I agree with Gazoo that the **New Hampshire** is my least favorite so far. There’s something about the design that looks very unbalanced to me … like they shoved everything over to one side. How hard is it to fill up the space on the back of the quarter, for heaven’s sake? ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/16 "2000-12-07T17:36:26Z")
> [@](#): > > What’ll be on the other state quarters? Some predictions: South Dakota: Visit Wall Drug. (That is in SD, right?) Nevada: Tumbling dice and/or a showgirl. New Mexico: UFO crashing. Florida: Alligator eating a tourist. Michigan: Deer hunter sleeping with three deer staring at him. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_and\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Cat\_and\_I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_and_I)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/17 "2000-12-07T18:06:46Z")
I can’t wait for Hawaii. I always wonder if they will ever show the islands in their true proportions, compared to water between them. On most maps they “float” together in an odd way, to save paper, I guess. Of course, they may pick a person, like King Kamehameha as the only image, but it’s not likely. ---
**Author:** ![LMacG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@LMacG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LMacG)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/18 "2000-12-07T19:39:52Z")
Connecticut for sure. I may be biased from having lived there for a large portion of my life, but I love the tree. That’s the Charter Oak, by the way. The state charter was hidden inside the tree to keep it out of the hands of the British. I’m sure I’d know more if my elementary school period had taken place in the good old Nutmeg state. Sadly, the Oak is no more, having succumbed to disease some years ago. Now I live in Virginia, and I guess the ships are OK. There was quite a brouhaha regarding that design, as many of the Native Americans in the area are still pissed about the treatment their ancestors received at the hands of the Jamestown settlers. I bought me one of those neat blue coin collector folders for my state quarters. I am having a devil of a time locating Denver mint versions here on the East Coast. Perhaps some trades could be arranged, I have a surplus of most of the first ten from the Philadelphia mint . . . ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/19 "2000-12-07T20:40:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > **Folks in Upstate New York are upset about the upcoming quater for that state – it’s New York City-centric, featuring an image of the Statue of Liberty. Why not Niagara Falls, or an Erie Canal boat, or a bottle of Genesee Cream Ale?** M85:It’s not citycentric, in my opinion. Seeing as it has the outline of the whole state. ---
**Author:** ![ren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@ren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ren)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445/20 "2000-12-07T22:34:59Z")
Another tree vote. I looked at the coin under a magnifying lens for hours. Beautiful engraving. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-quarter-so-far/44445.md?page=2)