' My issue is that it is not very grand. It needs some perspective, something of comparable known size. A tree, an animal, or (horrors) a human. The ruins at 2 o'cock aren't quite enough. I thought the bison was better.
FYI - that vista is one of the most famous in the Grand Canyon. It's unforgettable and unmistakable. It's Nankoweap, a major delta formed by silt deposited by a major side canyon. River-trippers pull over for lunch, hike up about 900 vertical feet to where the talus slope meets the redwall, and voila ! Visitors are treated to a view of the old Indian granaries and a most splendid view.
Thank you for enlightening us. That sounds like something worth learning more about. When I take my cyber vacation to GC, as I am doing for each ATB quarter, I'll be sure to take it in and also put it on my bucket list. I don't have a problem with the location chosen, just the composition of the scene on the quarter, which lacks perspective.
Yep, the perspective is all wrong... and trying to squeeze too much detail into a small space doesn't help either. Nice idea, but this should be a photograph, not a coin.
As far as quarters go it's pretty bad especially since it's the Grand Canyon!! Just my 2 cnts but, coins have gone downhill since they did away with silver!! Besides that the US Mint tried to do something with nickels in 2004 thru 2006 or 2008 and they did something else last year with the Lincoln cents! Didn't like that either, I think the US Mint should stay away from focusing on making money and re-issue all the old coins like the Mercury Dime and the Standing Liberty Quarter, they could modify the designs a little bit to make them modern and send them out! That would be genius!!
As my name indicates, I spent years as a river guide '60's to early '80's. 900fine has it correctly; I have stood in that spot countless times looking downstream. It is an unmistakeable and iconic canyon view for those of us who have been there. I must agree with others, however; it is not a view of the Grand Canyon that capturers the scale and magnitude of that glorious "ditch."
