CA: California Quarter Design Concept Finalist Poll (vote on your favorite design!)

State of California website ^ | 1/3/03 | Kevin Start

[I_Love_My_Husband]

http://134.186.46.107/

December 2002

Dear Californians:

As Chair of the California Quarter Committee, I am sending my thanks to Californians for their participation in the California Quarter Program. As we draw near to the much-anticipated selection of the California Quarter, it is my hope that the final design will visualize the concept of our diverse state. The generous participation of the public has made this historic program possible. From more than eight thousand submissions received between September 9, 2002 and November 9, 2002 the California Quarter Selection Committee has chosen twenty California-inspired ideas!

The twenty images posted here give Californians an opportunity to comment on the California Quarter semi-finalists. Governor Gray Davis believes that it is important to have commentary from the public to help realize this vision. We encourage you to review these California images and choose the concept that you would consider the best representation of our great state. Simply mark your preference and then click the submit button near the bottom of the page. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Kevin Starr State Librarian of California

[I_Love_My_Husband]

I voted for #3.

Go to the link http://134.186.46.107/ to vote!!!

[I_Love_My_Husband]

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR THE DESIGN

[goodnesswins]

I like #3 also - least political and does NOT include Hollywood....what's with the Aztec like one?

[supercat]

I voted for #3.

I voted for #6, though not many other people did. To my mind, a major design goal for a coin should be to be immediately recognizable. The movie-film border should show up quite clearly, even if a coin becomes worn.

[Torie]

Number 7. But then I like plants. Still, the metaphor is clever.

[Bobibutu]

Well - I voted for # 3 as well a few days ago - Griz + Half Dome - our state flag symbol and a magnifiicant piece of rock, when viewed up the valley is breataking - eh! I don't really care anymore... do what you will Davis... we have more pressing problems - but thanks for the chance to input...

Yo Samite - very special place

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[BooBoo1000]

I vote for the "Loonie"

[Irish Eyes]

Voted for #18 ..Liked #13 also both depicted the gold rush.

[Swordmaker]

Do you mean the "Tree Hugger" model? What does this say about Californians?

Looking at the treeless background, maybe it means we "chop 'em down." And the Sequoia is truncated...

[B Knotts]

#13 hands down. Prospector, bear, trees, poppy, condor. Has all the basics. Looks to be in the lead (barely), too.

[Revolting cat!]

What happened to my favourite design, multicultural panhandlers with their palms stuck out?

[Swordmaker]

My choice isn't up there.

I think it should show a bottle of spilled red ink,
a "For Sale" sign on the State Capital Building from Gray Davis Realty Co.,
and the word "TAXES" rising in a hot-air balloon!

[Torie]

The design is the best aesthetically of the bunch. I don't think the message was about tree hugging, but about the various climes of the state, with a double entredre about the various peoples. I don't think the chopped sequoia was meant to have a despoilment element. I think it was dictated by design considerations. None of the other trees were truncated.

[dagnabbit]

[BJungNan]

Number 3 is definately a good choice. I voted for the prospector guy though. I like the look of that one.

[Swordmaker]

Where is the Valley Oak, the Modesto Ash?

Aesthetically the best???? None of them are good.

The most accurate is the Cornicopia of agricultural products flowing out of California...

...except the tip of the Cornicopia seems to be located in Northern Nevada, rather than the Central Valley.

[tubebender]

voted for #20. No Hollyweurd for me besides, did you notice the Hollyweird CC hosted the web site and had several entries.

[It's me]

What's with the Golden Gate Bridge. I thought it was a coin from California not San Francisco!!! I voted #3. I don't like the enormous hat of the gold prospector in #13.

[Dudesdad]

I didn't vote. I couldn't find the one with a hammer and sickle on it.

[Torie]

That one looks hideous. Simply terrible. The addition of the oak would be good, but the palm tree, the sequoia, the joshua tree, sort of covers the gamut from the climes point of view. The forth tree looks like the some pine tree on the coast or something, but I am not sure. Bristle cone pine perhaps as another alternative, although it looks too big? You know about those don't you?