The montana quarter is going to be a bison skull with mountains in the background. Read the article here...there is also a picture though not the best...stupid politicians getting in the way. http://news.collectica.com/archives/377-The-Bison-Skull.html
The buff skull was my fav of the 4 offered. And the one I voted for. But after doing a search of the local newspapers, I can find no article stating that the state has chosen any design yet. I still think that it is a disgrace that NO state has chosen to depict a Native American on it's quarter. Montana has a large population of Indian people and they didn't even make the final 4. Nebraska is the only state that I know of that had a native in the running. In the history of U.S. coins some of the best designs depict Native American people (IMO) and it's a shame that that tradition has not continued.
Indiana had one as well, Chief Big Turtle and it came down to the wire with the mint really pushing for it. (we even sent in our selections and when they came back from the mint they were gone and we got Chief Big Turtle designs back even though we hadn't sent a Chief design in as one of the finalists. The designs we did send didn't come back so we had to scrap theirs and send ours in again. Not that it matters, the final design was still pretty lame.
The Alabama quarter depicted a Native American. Wasn't Hellen Keller born on US soil? I'm pretty sure she was. And, the Illinois state quarter. Wasn't Abraham Lincoln born on US soil at the time. If I'm not mistaken, he was bron in Kentucky, which became a state in 1792. Lincoln was born in 1809. Now, an American Indian on a state quarter, that would be kinda neat.:thumb:
Quote; Originally Posted by kiyardo, The Alabama quarter depicted a Native American. Wasn't Hellen Keller born on US soil? I'm pretty sure she was. And, the Illinois state quarter. Wasn't Abraham Lincoln born on US soil at the time. If I'm not mistaken, he was bron in Kentucky, which became a state in 1792. Lincoln was born in 1809. ----------------------------------------------------- I wasn't referring to people born on this continent of European dessent. But rather to the native people that we took it from.
A few of the finalist designs for Hawaii have King Kamehameha on them, that close enough? He is unarguably a native Hawaiian. The first people to reside in Hawaii were immigrants too... they immigrated there from Tahiti circa 400 AD... but they were the first humans to reside there.
I have a small amount of "Native American" blood in me and I'm proud of all the ancestry I have. I'm not sure though why there is sentiment for them (us) to be on a state quarter when their are better ways to honor them. Plus they have already been on a lot of coins. I believe the state Q program intended for the states to select a design that simply made you think of their state when you saw it. Some quarters do that, others do not. People are not generally going to do that for most others who live outside of said state. JMHO
Quote; Originally Posted by coldhardcash, I believe the state Q program intended for the states to select a design that simply made you think of their state when you saw it. Some quarters do that, others do not. People are not generally going to do that for most others who live outside of said state. ----------------------------------------------------- A very valid point...perhaps that's why we have so many state outlines, not to much other than their shape to distinguish them.
