she was deaf too.
Posted by: laura on Mar 08, 03 | 4:21 pm
I'm not sure either work that well.
Regardless, the Illinois quarter is still the worst design so far.
Posted by:
Tom on Mar 09, 03 | 11:38 am
i think that helps it quite a bit. Though i'm not sure why they put so many dang wrinkles in her shirt. It's very distracting. Though it's a nice design compared to some of the politically-motivated-cram-as-much-crap-into-one-design-to-make-everyone-happy quarters out there.
Posted by:
Erik on Mar 09, 03 | 11:29 pm
i like the braille.
what's illinois's quarter look like? i haven't seen one yet.
Posted by: laura on Mar 10, 03 | 7:36 am
I think your redesign is better but the whole concept is still problematic - why couldn't they show a profile or just a headshot like they do with everyone else, with symbols (a book, maybe) in the background or surrounding area?
Posted by:
Angie on Mar 10, 03 | 11:40 am
It seems so wierd that other coins don't have braille...
Posted by:
Danyell on Mar 10, 03 | 12:59 pm
ooooh, that would be neat. braille on all coins. that would be really nice. though i don't think blind people really need braille on coins. they are embossed differently after all and they have different thicknesses. After years of traveling the tollway I have become very adapt at determining a coin by the first touch, whether it be the side of the coin, or back of the coin, or the front of th coin. It's a fun game to play.
Posted by:
Erik on Mar 10, 03 | 10:45 pm
they are showing more than just her head because she is shown reading a braille book. it wouldn't be as effective if they just showed a book without her interacting with it.
it's interesting that American coins don't really rely on color to differentiate themselves, more on size and textures. i know the Euro has different colors for different coins, and even different combinations of colors on single coins. this would be no use to blind people. we have a copper penny, and the rest are silver-colored.
Posted by: laura on Mar 11, 03 | 7:26 am
Different colored-coins?! That's just way far out! It's like when i saw color keys in the hardware store. It nearly blew me outta my socks!
Posted by:
Matt on Mar 11, 03 | 1:35 pm
Blew you out of your socks? Does that mean you didn't have wild dreams that night!?
Posted by:
Tom on Mar 11, 03 | 4:21 pm
i don't mean like neon pink or anything.
1 cent: copper
2 cents: copper
5 cents: copper
10 cents: gold
50 cents: gold
1 euro: gold outer ring with silver center
2 euro: silver outer ring with gold center
Posted by: laura on Mar 11, 03 | 9:27 pm
shiny money good.
Posted by:
Erik on Mar 16, 03 | 10:03 pm
why the hell can't people spell basic words?
Posted by: Dave on Jul 31, 05 | 1:34 am
