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Vote on the new Oklahoma quarter

Started by RecycleMichael, April 11, 2007, 12:30:51 PM

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Wilbur

#15
April 14, 2007, 07:53:30 AM
quote:
Originally posted by TheArtist

At first I was tempted to decide between the usual "oil well, pioneer woman, state, pipe, etc" variations.  But found that I kept being drawn to the scissortail. I started to realize that one of the others would have been an analytical choice with the usual litany of symbolic facts and I would be trying to figure out which combination was more important to state.  But that scissortail, just felt nice, peaceful, serene, beautiful. Something you could look at and feel proud of, or just enjoy looking at.  Not a conglomeration of symbols representing this or that.  

I voted for #2, the Scissortail.  #3 or 5 would have been a second choice.




I agree #2 is the best choice.

Oklahoma isn't that known for oil anymore.  And until we stop promoting the 'cowboys and indians' theme that keeps getting thrown in front of everybody, how do we expect people to know Oklahoma has moved past cowboys and indians?  I agree we have a great past and 'the west' is part of that past.  But too many people still come to this state looking for teepees and can't believe we have traffic lights!  Lets start promoting ourselves with something else!

inteller

#17
April 14, 2007, 07:36:15 PM
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Originally posted by Porky




OMG that rules.[}:)]

[8D]<-this is now officially the Scotty Nguyen emoticon

btw, before Scotty, I didnt realize Vietnamese people could look sleezy.

bacjz00

#18
April 14, 2007, 09:11:48 PM
The Scissortail coin is by far the nicest coin.  Coin 3 isn't terrible, but I'm not sure I want pioneer settlers on our coin and most of the other designs have that.  My thing is this... is there a state in the union that couldn't but pioneer settlers on their coin?  We all had them at some point!!!

The oil derrick isn't a bad thing as energy in general is still our largest commodity.  

I think coin 2 or 3 will probably win.
 

AngieB

#19
April 15, 2007, 08:53:14 AM
While pioneer woman might be appropriate, it does nothing for our state's image, IMO. When I think of Oklahoma, I don't think of a pioneer woman! I think about how beautiful our state is and the Indian Paintbrush flowers and Scissortail Flycatcher capture that.

#2 FTW!

cannon_fodder

#20
April 16, 2007, 10:35:13 AM
2 is the favorite of the coin collectors.

It isnt my favorite because most people wouldnt know what it was.  If they saw that bird they wouldnt think of Oklahoma (and many here probably dont know it is the state bird).  How lame would it have been if every state put its state bird on the coin?

Unfortunately, the other coins seem cluttered.  The pioneer woman, while ubiquitous, is more apt to Oklahoma because it was more recent than most and a large migration.  It went from closed... to open.  The oil and wheat are also good symbols of our state... but adding them all together with a relief of the state and it gets a little cluttered.

I'm not a huge fan of any of the designs.  None of them seem as cool as many that are already out and certainly are not in the running for coolest over all.

I vote for #3.
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jamesrage

#21
April 19, 2007, 01:07:45 PM
quote:
Originally posted by TheArtist

At first I was tempted to decide between the usual "oil well, pioneer woman, state, pipe, etc" variations.  But found that I kept being drawn to the scissortail. I started to realize that one of the others would have been an analytical choice with the usual litany of symbolic facts and I would be trying to figure out which combination was more important to state.  But that scissortail, just felt nice, peaceful, serene, beautiful. Something you could look at and feel proud of, or just enjoy looking at.  Not a conglomeration of symbols representing this or that.  

I voted for #2, the Scissortail.  #3 or 5 would have been a second choice.



hy do four of those designs seem to have a feminist theme to them?
They couldn't put any men on the designs,I know  women and children were not the only ones who settled in Oklahoma.I guess I am voting for the design #2.
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#22
April 19, 2007, 03:16:40 PM
quote:
Originally posted by inteller

quote:
Originally posted by Porky




OMG that rules.[}:)]

[8D]<-this is now officially the Scotty Nguyen emoticon

btw, before Scotty, I didnt realize Vietnamese people could look sleezy.


Coffee-spitting laugh of the day.  My laptop detests you for the coffee stains.  [}:)][}:)]
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si_uk_lon_ok

#23
April 19, 2007, 03:53:19 PM
quote:
Originally posted by jamesrage

quote:
Originally posted by TheArtist

At first I was tempted to decide between the usual "oil well, pioneer woman, state, pipe, etc" variations.  But found that I kept being drawn to the scissortail. I started to realize that one of the others would have been an analytical choice with the usual litany of symbolic facts and I would be trying to figure out which combination was more important to state.  But that scissortail, just felt nice, peaceful, serene, beautiful. Something you could look at and feel proud of, or just enjoy looking at.  Not a conglomeration of symbols representing this or that.  

I voted for #2, the Scissortail.  #3 or 5 would have been a second choice.



hy do four of those designs seem to have a feminist theme to them?
They couldn't put any men on the designs,I know  women and children were not the only ones who settled in Oklahoma.I guess I am voting for the design #2.


I don't think putting women on coins means that they have a feminist theme. I mean how many coins on your pocket have a woman on them? Plus that woman just seems like a normal settler hardly an feminist.

YoungTulsan

#24
April 19, 2007, 04:09:13 PM
Chuck Norris was born in Oklahoma.  Why can't he be on the Quarter?
 

Rowdy

#25
April 19, 2007, 07:06:25 PM
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Originally posted by YoungTulsan

Chuck Norris was born in Oklahoma.  Why can't he be on the Quarter?


Because he's hiding in the boogey man's closet.

Dana431

#26
April 19, 2007, 11:07:22 PM
I voted for #2 the scissortail.  I see scissortails out by my work alot.  I wish there was some kind of image that could be on the quarter from the last fifty years of Oklahoma's past.

Cubs

#28
May 01, 2007, 02:21:32 AM
Well of course the bird won by a landslide, the others were all too similar. Kinda like if you have four Democrats running against one Republican without having a primary, the Republican is obviously going to have an advantage.

sgrizzle

#29
May 01, 2007, 07:10:03 AM
Plus, there was the last minute pioneer woman w/o her book controversy.
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