Wha-hoo, I knew I could do it. Now if I could only think of a sig line.
Is it me, or does this one look like an exploding space shuttle?
Looks to me like the bookends for a list of things lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
Me, I think for once we made a good decision. Thankfully we didn’t end up with a swordfish or a bloody flamingo…
Personally, NJ is the only quarter I’ve seen thus far that I like, but FL is far superior than the suck that is the Penn or Ga quarter or the KY or TN or whichever one is the “Musical Heritage” travesty. Hey, you forgot to add the jug, washboard, and squeezbox!
Boy, the U.S. Mint has just gone completely apeshit, hasn’t it? Did they merge with the Franklin Mint or something? “Buy the 2005 nickel, with Elvis’ face on the front and Britney Spears’ ass on the back. Guaranteed to go up in value!”
Yeah, the L.A. Times did an article about how the state quarter run was supposed to be fun and lighthearted and give everyone a chance to shine, and it’s turned into lawsuits and angry legislatures, and in the case of Missouri, an outraged selected artist.
Who gets to use the Wright brothers’ first flight? N.C. used, and Ohio slipped in an oblique reference. Who gets to use the Rocky Mountains? CO is pushing hard to be the ONE.
The MO artist said he hated the changes to his Lewis and Clarkesque raft on the Mississippi (inexplicably drifting toward the St. Louis Arch in 1804), and he and his friends put stickers on the backs of thousands of quarters with his “real” drawing on them, and got the Secret Service involved.
Don’t cry little Reloy3. At least the ratings are still with us, and growing. It is only the Self-Made Critic who seems to have passed away.
p.s. I believe I killed another quarter thread a while back, with the quarter reviews.
Good luck with that. In the meantime, can I use the above as my sig? 
Sure
I did get a new sig, however - see?
All quarters are minted in Denver and Philadelphia and then distributed regionally, which means if you live on the West Coast, you’ll run into a lot more "D"s than "P"s, and vice versa (the P/D can be found on the Heads side, under “In God We Trust”). For those of us hardcore collectors, who collect one of each of each quarter, this poses an extra challenge.
I haven’t seen a single 2004 quarter this year, but I’d like to thank Bambi H. for reminding me about the L&C nickels–turns out I had one in my pocket and hadn’t even noticed! (Now to find a matching “P” one–yikes)
Don’t forget to add the drunken college kids on spring break. And it would be unpleasantly hot to the touch, always.
My favorite bit of the quarter ratings is from the one for Arkansas: