Entries Tagged as 'currency'
February 12th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 31 Comments
The tide of State Quarter ranking rolls on! Catch up on all the previous rounds here!
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Due to an error at the mint, Delaware’s State Quarter only has the first three words of its motto printed. It is supposed to read “The First State to make up a historical figure to put [...]
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February 8th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 19 Comments
The Swayze Regional continues! Follow the insanity at State Quarter HQ!
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The Brickyard meets the great outdoors in this round two matchup. Indiana boasts about the Indy 500. You are probably thinking, “The Indy 500? The crown jewel of a niche sport which has recently been completely regulated to minor [...]
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February 5th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 24 Comments
After a thrilling first round that put the ho-hum super bowl to shame, there is nowhere to go for the Most Awesome State Quarter competition but up! Expect great things from round 2, which due to the odd number of states in our union (let’s get 14 more added before we run this again, [...]
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January 31st, 2008 by Kevin Murphy · 36 Comments
Welcome coinfans, here we go with more tails-to-tails first-round competition on the road to the title of America’s Most Awesome State Quarter! You can catch up with all the action at Quarter Central, but the Swayze Region boasts such juggernauts of jing, I’ll go out on a limb and say that whoever survives this [...]
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January 30th, 2008 by Bill Corbett · 32 Comments
Hey hey hey, fan(s?) of U.S. state quarters! Corbett here, ready to guest-judge the next bunch of jingly little contenders. NOTE: My decisions are final, and any questions or appeals will be met with immediate death by disembowelment for I AM CALIGULA OF THE BLOGS!
…Wow, I really do have trouble handling power. [...]
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January 28th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 22 Comments
We continue the Road to the Most Awesome state Quarter with Round 1 of the McConaughey Regional. Need to catch up? Click here
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Two contrasting state quarters from the beginning and the end of the project demonstrate the evolution of the state quarter. Georgia’s quarter, the fourth one released, looks very [...]
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January 25th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 24 Comments
We begin the Road to the Most Awesome state Quarter with Round 1 of the Arnold Regional. Confused? Click here
Let’s get right to it. Our first matchup:
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Tennessee’s quarter has a lot going for it. Emphasizing musical heritage, rather than a historical event or a the natural beauty of [...]
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January 24th, 2008 by Conor Lastowka · 13 Comments
2008 is already old news to many of you, but there are still many great things to look forward to this year. It’s a leap year for one. And the Olympics are always fun. (The universe may come to an end on May 20th, but who’s counting?)
But the truly exciting thing about [...]
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