Our State--Worth a Quarter

The Oregon state quarter is now in circulation, featuring an engraving of Crater Lake. But we must wait (with Idaho--the indignity!) until 2007 for ours. What will be on Washington's quarter?

The U.S. Mint wants design ideas, but, strangely, only in essay form.

The Seattle Times asks readers for their ideas.

Using the Times' form, the website Fark.com started their own contest, and the far more irreverant designs of their users can be viewed here. You can even vote on them.

Seattlest would like to see our state break from tradition--instead of having a geographic landmark or historical event on our quarter, how about practicing some modesty and highlighting our worst moments, like the Centralia Massacre or the Heathcliff Slocumb trade?

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By Seth in News on July 26, 2005 12:44 PM

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josh

yeah. with all of the states celebrating their kitchiest historical connections to modern history (how many stretch for a kitchy connection to some sort of flight?) it seems like we should really try to outdo them and go big.

If California isn't willing to take up the mantle of celebrating natural disasters, we might as well be the ones to embrace our impending doom.

Editor DFPS

We should have George Washington on our side so it would be a double header.

Either that or Sasquatch, BD Cooper or Kurt Cobain

josh

regarding worst moments, I liked the gloom and doom of the Mt. St. Helen's eruption -->

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