The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 23, June 5, 2005, Article 9

NEVADA STATE QUARTER DESIGN CHOSEN

The Nevada coin design has been chosen as well. The following
is from a June 3, 2005 article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

"Nevadans have chosen a design featuring three wild horses
galloping across a valley with snow-capped mountains in the
background for their state quarter, state Treasurer Brian Krolicki
announced Thursday.

Krolicki said 32 percent of the 59,000 people who cast ballots
online and by mail during May favored the wild horses theme.
Starting in January, the United States Mint will produce nearly
a half billion of the quarters over a 10-week period."

"A quarter of the votes came from kids," Krolicki said. "It was
literally the kids that made the difference. The little people have
really taken this to heart and I think they delivered the wild horse."

Finishing second was a design of a big horn sheep, which
received 24 percent of the vote. A close third was a design
featuring a miner.

Ironically, the bighorn sheep is the state's official animal, chosen
by the Legislature in 1973."

"Krolicki said Secretary of the Treasury John Snow refused to
allow consideration of a gaming design or depictions of private
businesses, ruling out the Strip as a design possibility. Krolicki
said he opposed Snow's positions, but was overruled.

The wild horse design is called "Morning in Nevada" since it
shows a sun rising over the Sierra Nevada mountain range."

Some raised objections because, with the exception of Stateline
in the Lake Tahoe area, the sun sets over the mountain range
in Nevada.

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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