What are your thoughts on the final selection?

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Oklahoma quarter: Panel selects design


By Chris Casteel
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — After evaluating five designs submitted by Oklahoma for its commemorative quarter, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts has recommended one with the state bird flying above wildflowers.


The commission’s action, taken Thursday, is just one step in the process for selecting the state’s quarter, which will be released in 2008. Tuesday, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee is scheduled to evaluate the five designs submitted by Oklahoma and make its own recommendation.
The nine-step process also will include review and approval by the U.S. Treasury Secretary and the state. All 50 states are getting commemorative quarters in order of their entrance into the union; Oklahoma was the 46th state.

The design chosen by the commission, a seven-member panel composed of artists and architects, features a scissortailed flycatcher, the state bird, in the center of the coin, with a field of Indian blanket wildflowers around the bottom half. At the top is the word Oklahoma and just below that is the year of statehood, 1907.

The design was selected over four that depicted the Pioneer Woman, a famous statue in Ponca City of a woman and child that honors the courage of the homesteaders who came to Oklahoma — and other elements meant to convey the state’s history and character, including oil derricks (in two designs); a peace pipe (in two designs); a windmill (in one); and the state’s shape (in two).

Thomas Luebke, secretary of the Fine Arts Commission, said Friday that, in selecting designs for other state quarters, commissioners have tended to favor the simpler ones with fewer elements.

The Oklahoma design recommended by the commission, he said, is “simple and unique” and its symbols are not widely known. Contributing: Michael McNutt, Capitol Bureau

The commission’s action, taken Thursday, is just one step in the process for selecting the state’s quarter, which will be released in 2008.


This is just a recommendation, not the final decision.. thankfully.

I hate this design. This could be anywhere, anyplace.. no one picking up this quarter would think ' Oklahoma '... I can't believe this was even an option.

This is just a recommendation, not the final decision.. thankfully.

I hate this design. This could be anywhere, anyplace.. no one picking up this quarter would think ' Oklahoma '... I can't believe this was even an option.

Exactly

Yeah, this is just one of nine parts of the approval process. PLEASE, PLEASE pick the pioneer woman one.

I like the design, but it certainly doesn't evoke Oklahoma. I like the idea of a derrick, an indian/peace pipe, or a pioneer/wagon. I can't really imagine a symbol designed to represent our State that doesn't incorporate at least a couple of those elements.

But, it's not the Sistine Chapel: the design should be simple. Has anyone seen the other designs?

Perhaps the "U.S. Commission of Fine Arts" isn't aware of the heritage of our State? Let's hope that the other recommendations are closer to the mark.

Yeah, this is just one of nine parts of the approval process. PLEASE, PLEASE pick the pioneer woman one.


I'm so with you on this... who can we direct to this site to see our opinions?

Anyone know how to reach these people? Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee ? lol, I never even knew we had a committee advising on coinage.. I learn something new everyday!

I love Google... who wants to draft a letter?

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee
801 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20220
Email address: info@ccac.gov (info@ccac.gov)
Recorded meeting information line: 202-354-7502

The ones with the Pioneer Woman were much nicer looking.

It should have been a picture of the land run.

As they describe the other choices versus this one I would agree that ANY of the other choices would represent Oklahoma and our amazing history in a much more recognizeable way...this doesn't scream "OKLAHOMA!" at all. Karried, I think you would write a great letter. Although, we could merely insert many of these comments as well as the results of the poll to show a strong representation of Okie opinion.

Not liking it either; another vote for any of the pioneer woman designs.

It should have been a picture of the land run.

Definitely agree. Unfortunately that wasn't even one of the 30 or 40 options the Governor put up to a vote.

Hey guys, preliminary draft.. anyone want to add anything before I email it?


To whom it may concern,

As citizens wishing to convey our state in a positive light through the choice of our new state quarter design, we are concerned that you may choose the somewhat 'generic' design of a bird flying over flowers.

We would like to encourage you to recommend a design that portrays some of the great accomplishments our state has achieved and hopes to achieve in the future.

We are a group that frequents the most popular message board in the state of Oklahoma and encourage you to visit if you would like to see the opinions of some of the residents of Oklahoma.

Please visit www.okctalk.com (http://www.okctalk.com) to read some of the comments at State Quarter Design Decided - OKCTalk (http://tinyurl.com/yrvgw5).

Please consider recommending a unique design that will represent our state in a complimentary manner such as one of the Pioneer Woman designs. Images such as these will portray the great spirit of our state.

Thank you for your time,

Members of OKCTalk

^ WOW! That was the first look I've gotten at any quarter designs and I was sadly disappointed :(

I can't even tell what the heck that is in the middle, a SUNFLOWER?!? The spacing is bad as well.

...a sunflower and a bird???!!?

**asks warden to tighten the straight jacket**

Great letter, Karried!

Why thank you JBrown... I guess I'll go ahead and email it since they are meeting tomorrow.. hopefully, they will get it in time and take our suggestions to heart..

I mean, really, a bird over flowers could be anywhere! We need to depict something of OK's history or character.

I really hope they read the letter before voting..

I don't like the symbol, but hey, aren't most of you against hick symbols? Have to admit, this quarter design doesn't make Oklahoma look like a hick state. At least it doesn't have any teepees or cowboys and Indians on it. It just leaves most people wondering what exactly Oklahoma is all about.

I agree with you all.....I think the Pioneer Woman was a nice symbol, that didn't leave you thinking hick! And an oil derrick is always nice.

I mean, a covered wagon says more about Oklahoma than flowers and birds that are rarely seen anymore. And I don't mean that in a "Boomer Sooner" way at all! But the land run is pretty historic.

I mean, a covered wagon says more about Oklahoma than flowers and birds that are rarely seen anymore. And I don't mean that in a "Boomer Sooner" way at all! But the land run is pretty historic.

I agree, and done right, the landrun doesn't make the state look hick either. It just depends on how you put it in an image.

To me, the Land Run seems like the most OBVIOUS thing to at least consider for the quarter, and they didn't even have it in the initial designs.

It's the most interesting, unique thing about our history. The only other things that come close are tragic things--the bombing, the Trail of Tears, and the Dust Bowl.

There isn't enough options on the poll, I don't like the final design nor the other top choices.

Just a quick note. I sent a letter to the governor several months ago and poted it and the response on this site.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here is my letter to the Governor:

Mr. Governor,

Let me say how disappointed I am with the designs you have chosen for the Oklahoma State Quarter. The choices presented to the people of Oklahoma lack everything from vision to an accurate portrayal of reality.

Half of the designs have prominent oilwells displayed on it. The oil industry, as a mainstay of the Oklahoma economy, left over 20 years ago. Even if the people of Oklahoma wanted to continue the "oil" theme why waste half of the choices on it?

These coins will be distributed around the world and saved by collectors for generations. This was an opportunity to show the world that Oklahoma was more than oil wells and Indians - instead you have taken this opportunity to cement that image in the minds of people around the world.

I am a former Oklahoma now living in Florida and I work daily to improve the image of Oklahoma as modern, economically diverse, and in some respect cosmopolitan. It would be nice to know that the Governor of Oklahoma tried to do the same thing.

Criticism without suggestions for improvement is not constructive, so I am including what I think would be a better representation of Oklahoma:

1. Pictorial of the land run
2. The state capital building (or complex)
3. Downtown Oklahoma City skyline
4. Mountains landscape
5. Turner falls
6. Tribute to aviation
7. Tribute science and biotechnology

In my opinion, the choices presented above are a much better representation of Oklahoma's past, present, and future than those selected by you and the design committee.

Thank you for your time.

It's not a bad design, it looks respectable, but it just doesn't say "Oklahoma" to me.

I too am really surprised that a land run scene wasn't one of the top ten finalists. I don't know if that's because the governor's folks thought the depiction would be too complex for the back of a quarter, or if it was just an oversight?

I know that our state chose to select it's design based on submissions from the general public. In retrospect it might have been better to get 10 of Oklahoma's best artists together, asked them each to come up with something, and for us the public then to have voted on it. Something like this, that will be around forever, you just don't want to leave up to chance.

Realistically it's probably too late to do anything about it now.

Bravo to Karried and Kerry for their letters regarding the design. I think you did a fantastic job in speaking for a lot of people who share a similar opinion. :congrats:

Patrick, you didn't put in a "meh" option to vote. Basically meaning I didn't care for the options we were given to choose from but I also don't HATE this design-- you know, indifference.

wwwhooooooooooo hoooooooooooo!!



‘Pioneer Woman' design picked by panel for quarter


By Chris Casteel
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Chalk one up for the "Pioneer Woman.”

After being roundly rejected by the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts last week, the Pioneer Woman got some love this week from a special committee making recommendations for states' commemorative quarters.
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee recommended Oklahoma's quarter, to be released next year, bear a design showing the state's outline, an Indian "peace pipe” and the "Pioneer Woman,” a statue in Ponca City of a woman and child that honors the state's early homesteaders.
Gov. Brad Henry's office sent five design proposals to Washington for the state's commemorative quarter, and all five now will be sent to the U.S. Treasury secretary, with the recommendations of the Fine Arts Commission and the coinage advisory committee.

Not sure if they got our letter but who knows?? It may have helped!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Thanks Karried for all that you do for this forum:tiphat:

The Pioneer Woman. That makes ME proud as it stands about one mile from where I was born. Plus, all four of my Grandparents were founding parents of Ponca City. So, her selection is a very personal honor.

Yeah, this is just one of nine parts of the approval process. PLEASE, PLEASE pick the pioneer woman one.

The Citizens Coinage group selected Pioneer Woman, whic hthe Fine Arts group panned. Maybe we should offer a mebership to OKC Talk for the remaining people involved in the selection process.

This is the one they picked (#4):

http://www.gov.ok.gov/images/coin_04.jpg


I prefer this one (#10), which is also one of the final five:

http://www.gov.ok.gov/images/coin_10.jpg

i could live with either of those two designs. -M

Hey, looks like they've given the yet-to-be-released OK Quarter the once over...Me Likey!

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I can't believe they captured the state with such detailed authenticity!

It's going to be a hot collector's item for sure!

Somebody already showed us that, Jack.

^ I'm such a loser.

;)

What the pioneer women and then that state behind it...

What are other states going to say..? At least it's better then Texas and there ghetto star...

http://www.newsok.com/article/3039097

By Michael McNutt
Capitol Bureau


Oklahomans have the chance to choose the design of a special commemorative quarter honoring Oklahoma.
The quarter will be issued early next year by the U.S. Mint.

Five designs have been finalized by the mint.

Gov. Brad Henry, who had the option to pick a recommendation, has decided to let Oklahomans decide by voting either at a special Web site or through the mail. The design with the most votes will be the state's design.

The vote on the quarter will begin Friday and concludes at 5 p.m. April 27.

The designs include representations of the Pioneer Woman statue in Ponca City; gushing oil derricks; the scissortail flycatcher, the state bird; and an American Indian calumet, also known as a peace pipe.

Oklahomans may vote for their favorite quarter designs at a Web site, Governor Brad Henry (http://www.gov.ok.gov/coin.php). The page can also be reached through the state's official Web site at ok.gov, as well as through Henry's homepage at www.gov.ok.gov. Those without easy access to the Internet may mail their preference to:

State Quarter Contest

Office of the Governor, Suite 212

State Capitol Building

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

The winning selection will be announced and submitted to the U.S. Mint no later than May 1

Allejuia!

I'm clearing cookies as we speak.. lol Is that cheating?

Allejuia!

I'm clearing cookies as we speak.. lol Is that cheating?


Shhhh....I won't tell if you won't. LoL

It won't be ready to vote until Friday.. I'm so picking the Pioneer woman... anything but the Flycatcher Bird! Oklahoma = Flies.. uh,uh..doesn't work for me.

The last thing I want is for everyone to think we have a need for a fly catching bird.. no offense to the bird or anything.

Will absolutely abstain from this vote....disgusted there is no Bob Stoops design

:ou2

Then just come help me get the Pioneer woman!

Then just come help me get the Pioneer woman!

Now karrie...Me voting would just destroy the effectiveness and the sheer power of my boycott :ridem:

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Don't forget to Vote!

I voted for #3.

I went with #1. It was between 1 & 5 for me.

I didn't realize that the Pioneer Woman was on 4 of them...


I went with number 4. It's the most asthetically pleasing. I don't love the oil well but it's better that the bird.

http://www.ok.gov/governor/images/okthumb-04.jpg

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1705/quarterokthumb01fm5.jpg

I went with number 1 also but like Madmonk, it was between 1 & 5... we're psychic like that!

A variety of symbols appear on multiple state quarters. A few have been collected below. Clicking a state below will take you to a page about its state quarter.
State Outlines:
Pennsylvania (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage2.html)
Georgia (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage4.html)
Massachusetts (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage6.html)
South Carolina (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage8.html)
New York (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage11.html)
Ohio (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage17.html)
Louisiana (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage18.html)
Indiana (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage19.html)
Illinois (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage21.html)
Michigan (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage26.html)
Texas (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage28.html)
Minnesota (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage32.html)Trees or Tree Branches:
Georgia (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage4.html)
Connecticut (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage5.html)
Maryland (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage7.html)
South Carolina (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage8.html)
Vermont (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage14.html)
Mississippi (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage20.html)
Alabama (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage22.html)
Maine (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage23.html)
Missouri (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage24.html)
Arkansas (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage25.html)
Florida (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage27.html)
Iowa (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage29.html)
California (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage31.html)
Minnesota (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage32.html)
Oregon (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage33.html)
West Virginia (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage35.html)
Colorado (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage38.html)Ships or Boats:
New Jersey (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage3.html)
Virginia (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage10.html)
Rhode Island (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage13.html)
Illinois (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage21.html)
Maine (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage23.html)
Missouri (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage24.html)
Florida (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage27.html)
Minnesota (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage32.html)Statues:
Pennsylvania (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage2.html)
Massachusetts (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage6.html)
New York (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage11.html)
South Dakota (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage40.html)Paintings:
New Jersey (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage3.html)
Iowa (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage29.html)Horses:
Delaware (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage1.html)
Kentucky (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage15.html)
Nevada (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage36.html)Bison:
Kansas (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage34.html)
North Dakota (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage39.html)The Sun:
Nevada (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage36.html)
Nebraska (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage37.html)
North Dakota (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage39.html)Trumpets:
Tennessee (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage16.html)
Louisiana (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage18.html)Wright Brothers' Aircraft:
North Carolina (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage12.html)
Ohio (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage17.html)Books:
Tennessee (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage16.html)
Illinois (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage21.html)
Alabama (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage22.html)Birds:
South Carolina (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage8.html)
Louisiana (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage18.html)
Maine (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage23.html)
Arkansas (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage25.html)
California (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage31.html)
Minnesota (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage32.html)
South Dakota (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage40.html)Selected Geologic Formations:
New Hampshire (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage9.html)
California (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage31.html)
Oregon (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage33.html)
West Virginia (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage35.html)
Nebraska (http://dph1701.tripod.com/50quarters/coinpages/qpage37.html)

Are we the only state featuring a Bong?

Are we the only state featuring a Bong?

That's funny! Yes, probably.

I voted for #1. At the office, I have heard more than a few crude jokes about the #3 design. I won't elaborate as you've probably heard them too.

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'crude' lol... tee hee.. I had to go back and look at it .. but I think I get your drift. I'm sticking with Number 1 ..

Anyone else voting? Which one did you pick if so?

Number 1! Love the pioneer woman, peace pipe, and outline of our state. Unfortunately, I feel Texas is more the oil state anymore.

number four. it is the best looking.

The reason I didn't choose 4 was because it looks like the oil is ready to drop on the kid's head.. I much prefer the woman being skewered by the pipe look.. it's a hard call.. but I'm sticking with 1

I don't like the spikey Oklahoma on #1.

I'm still reeling about the fact that Nevada's design wasn't a "Hookers and Blow" theme. I mean really....HORSES? Who thinks of horses when they think of Nevada? Mustang Ranch maybe.

As for ours, I'm still feeling a bit...Meh...After seeing these. We should just tell the mint we want it left blank.

Then say "naw, just kiddin', put Jim Thorpe and the Pioneer woman on it."

Looks like the final choice is the design with the scizzor tailed fly catcher. I'm not enthused.

http://static.newsok.biz/sites/newsok/images/news/a30quarter.jpg

Scissor-tailed flycatcher chosen for state's commemorative quarter design


By Michael McNutt
Capitol Bureau

The state's bird and wildflower will be on Oklahoma's commemorative quarter, the governor's office announced today.

Voters preferred by about a 2-1 margin the scissor-tailed flycatcher flying over some Indian blanket, or Gaillardia pulchella, the governor's office said. Four other designs up for consideration each featured a representation of the Pioneer Woman statue in Ponca City. Some Oklahomans were upset that sketches from the U.S. Mint omitted a Bible in the woman's right hand.
That now is a moot point.
More than 148,000 votes were cast — mostly online — in selecting the design for the quarter, part of a special series launched by the U.S. Mint in 1999. More than half, or nearly 77,000, voted for the state bird design. "Oklahomans have spoken, and the results are clear,” Gov. Brad Henry said in a statement.

What is the matter with people?