Nature Photographers Network
This is the preserved archive of the original Nature Photographers Network. The community continues at naturephotographers.network.
Forums · RMNP

Colorado Quarter to debut this week!

Discussion

11 replies
Posted by Todd Caudle on May 24, 2006 at 3:19 PM
Colorado Quarter to debut this week!
But the debate about whether the mountain on it is generic or not continues: story here

Obviously, there's no real debate. It's obviously Longs Peak. If Gov. Owens is just trying to be demographically diplomatic, I'm sorry to say every time he says it's a generic mountain just makes him, or anyone else, look silly.
Posted by Scott Bacon on May 24, 2006 at 4:13 PM
Excellent! :toast:
Posted by Mark Aultman on May 24, 2006 at 4:56 PM
Gov. Owens cemented his silliness in stone a long, long time ago :jump:

Good looking coin though :smile:
Posted by Rich Long on May 24, 2006 at 5:05 PM
Both the mountain and the post look familiar, Todd_zilla. :biggrin:
Posted by Todd Caudle on May 24, 2006 at 5:34 PM
Yeah, but it's now juxtaposed with the imminent release of the item in question, smartie-pants.
Posted by Rich Long on May 24, 2006 at 5:58 PM
Was referring to a post we both saw elsewhere today.
Posted by Michael Roloff on May 24, 2006 at 6:30 PM
Hmmm…I don’t see the similarity at all. I mean one has Colorado and the year above it. I can see Longs out my living room window right now and it’s nowhere to be seen. :jump:
Posted by Tom Mangan on May 24, 2006 at 6:39 PM
Are you sure that not Mt. Sopris?. Just kidding of course. Very cool.
Posted by Harold Stearns on May 24, 2006 at 7:28 PM
The picture on the front of the quarter also looks suspiciously like Mt Rushmore. :biggrin:
Posted by Todd Caudle on May 24, 2006 at 7:31 PM
Rich: I am a ass. :redface: Should've picked up on the todd_zilla reference.

Tom: Good one.

Harold: Even better one.
Posted by Scott Buckel on May 25, 2006 at 4:42 PM
I was reading in the USA Today at the hotel this morning that the artist based the mountain from a picture he took one summer of Longs Peak from Bear Lake. He does not understand why our Governor said what he said.
Posted by Brian Jackson on July 20, 2006 at 9:08 PM
Don't mean to drag this back up, but I took my two nephews to the Denver Mint today. They talked quite a bit about the Colorado quarter. And more then once said that the image on the Colorado quarter was of Longs Peak. Funny even the Mint knows! :smile:

Brian