¼ Dollar Wisconsin

I don't like US coins particularly but this one it's pretty nice, isn't it?



Still, I would like to know why they chose this design: cow, cheese and corn. Are there so many farms?  

Yes there are still alot of farms here. Wisconson was and is know as the dairy state. And we make alot of cheese , and now for are cheese. And we grow alot of corn. There is corn fields still in Oshkosh city lmits. That why the deer here are good eatting, there corn feed.

Thank you Daryl for the explanation.  It's good t learn new things every day.

your welcome, Do you have one. I know i got one in change on tesday. If not let me know. I will sent one to you.

might be hilarious



That one I better understand

Απόσπασμα: Andy289I don't like US coins particularly...

I gave up on collecting modern US coins after the state quarters.  All the post-war coinage, for the most part, looks terrible and that includes the Commemoratives.  There are only a few gems in modern US coinages.  The coins during and prior to the war were awesome and had great eye appeal!!  The attention to detail was just amazing and somehow we lost it after the war.  Have you seen the borders and the minute details in the standing liberty quarters. Consider the following coin from Wikipedia

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Απόσπασμα: Andy289I don't like US coins particularly...

I gave up on collecting modern US coins after the state quarters.  All the post-war coinage, for the most part, looks terrible and that includes the Commemoratives.  There are only a few gems in modern US coinages.  The coins during and prior to the war were awesome and had great eye appeal!!  The attention to detail was just amazing and somehow we lost it after the war.  Have you seen the borders and the minute details in the standing liberty quarters...

I would tend to agree...most Americans collect just American and i never saw the fascination. I focus primarily on Europe which I think has nicer coins. But I will say the old US half dollar commemoratives 1892-1956 are absolutely fantastic...someday I want to have a set. Also the new national park quarters are really beautiful...but thats it

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Απόσπασμα: Andy289I don't like US coins particularly...

I gave up on collecting modern US coins after the state quarters.  All the post-war coinage, for the most part, looks terrible and that includes the Commemoratives.  There are only a few gems in modern US coinages.  The coins during and prior to the war were awesome and had great eye appeal!!  The attention to detail was just amazing and somehow we lost it after the war.  Have you seen the borders and the minute details in the standing liberty quarters...

You're right not all of them have bad design. For example one coin that I want to add in my collection is pilgrim half dollar 1920 with an incredible design.

Απόσπασμα: ALLRED1950your welcome, Do you have one. I know i got one in change on tesday. If not let me know. I will sent one to you.

You are very kind like always but I have one, not in the best shape but at least I have it. For some reason it have a strange color.

All quarters have something to teach us.

In my opinion, the best story behind a quarter is that one of Utah's

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces648.html

Does anybody know why this desighn?

Απόσπασμα: PajaSkotDoes anybody know why this desighn?

The design commemorates the East to West Coast railroad. Construction started from West to East and from East to West and they met in Utah. Supposedly a golden spike was the last spike to be driven into the railroad tie where they met.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike

That is one of the most important turning points in American history and hence I am not surprised that Utah chose that reverse design.  With the completion of the East-West railroad connection, it helped foster the industrial revolution as goods such as agriculture, minerals, and energy could be transported from the west to the east.  Furthermore, it expanded our "manifest destiny" of westward expansion, all with the accomplishment of that little "golden spike".  And don't forget the "chinamen" and other immigrants of the west who helped build the western railroad for that to become reality...

Who knows that Neil Armstrong and John Glenn were both born in Ohio ? When you get the coin



Armstrong, sure you know, and John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on 20th february 1962, a very special day indeed

yes i was 6dayes old.

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Next time I need a birthday gif, I'll be going to you.

There are a few nice American designs. The 2009 Lincoln cent series is really nice. The 2009 satin cents from mint sets are spectacular. They are also made of the same composition as the original 1909 bronze cent: 95% copper, 5% tin and zinc. Also, the 2009-S Lincoln series is also bronze. These will be the last bronze coins from the U.S. mint.  Yet Numista doesn't even have these coins listed in their catalog. These two coin series are some of the nicest designs in the history of U.S. coinage. Also, the nickel Westward coin series of 2004-2006 are some nice coin designs. They are among my favorites.

Some people like to rag on American coins, but lets face it: most world coins, except collector coins, are lousy. The euro has very unattractive coins. I think they are worse than American coins. Most modern coins are made of aluminum zinc or steel and look cheap.         

Απόσπασμα: Andy289Still, I would like to know why they chose this design: cow, cheese and corn. Are there so many farms?  

 this coin has some valuable variations.