Maryland, come on.
Hello world.
So, we graduated five days ago. If you hadn't noticed, we did not make the original goal of collecting all 50 state quarters before graduation. On the internet, this can sometimes be described with one word: FAIL. Well, I say forget that. Saying "Fail" in response to anything makes you sound like you have a terrible sense of humor and that you're probably stupid. Also, our failure was voluntary, sort of. In the whirlwind of our final finals and graduation and saying goodbye to people we may never see again, collecting quarters became unimportant. Don't get me wrong, we kept an eye out and even found some, but devoting time to writing a post instead of making the most out of the short amount time with our friends that we had left just didn't make sense. So, I guess I'm back to get this going again as we're not far off from finishing. Some time last week, I picked up this quarter. I think it was at a Nathan's in Atlantic City. For those of you unfamiliar with Atlantic City, never go there. For those of you who have, I hope you have sympathy for me, for I sympathize with you.
The only thing worse than Atlantic City may be this quarter. The images on the quarter are pretty basic, nothing too exciting or experimental. Let's dissect each part of the quarter and see if there's anything good going on.
First, the center image on the quarter is the Maryland Statehouse, which features America's largest dome made out of wood without nails. That's interesting and all, except that this quarter is made out of metal, so you can't see that the dome is wood. Also, if the best thing your state has is a wooden dome, then that state needs to make some improvements.
Next, the slogan, "The Old Line State," has an ambiguous history. Some attribute it to the Maryland Line, a set of troops during the Revolutionary war who had a good reputation. They were a successful regiment. They didn't do anything great, and they didn't screw anything up. If that doesn't deserve a state slogan then I don't know what does. The other possibility is that Maryland state border was the line originally proposed for the Mason-Dixon line, but that is unlikely. Either way, so far there is nothing interesting about the quarter.
Finally, there are leaves that frame the slogan and the statehouse. They're leaves from the state tree, the White Oak.
That's all folks. It's official, the Maryland State quarter has nothing interesting on it.
So long,
Kevin S
P.S. Here's what the dome actually looks like:
Still not that interesting.












