From wild horses to big horn sheep, Nevadans have spent the past several months trying to decide which image should go on our state quarter. The wait is over and the winning design is on it's way to the U.S. Mint.
After several months of taking votes the winning design for Nevada's state quarter was unveiled Thursday in Carson City.
State Treasurer Brian Krolicki said, "I think the people of Nevada have spoken overwhelmingly. "What a beautiful quarter. We've got the galloping horses, snow capped mountains, rising sun with sage brush and the Silver State."
The Morning in Nevada design pulled in 32-percent of the votes -- 18,900 Nevadans wanted the wild horses to represent our state.
In second place was the Nevada Wilderness design featuring the big horn sheep with 24-percent of the vote.
In third place was the design of the miner pulling in at 24-percent.
In February 2005, the five final designs were released from the U.S. Mint, which created the images based on narritives Nevadans submitted.
Since then close to 60,000 people cast their vote including more than 14,000 mail in ballotsm ost of which were from school kids across the state.
Wild horse advocate Jerry Reynoldson said, "It is a big deal because I think it sends the message that there are a lot of people in Nevada that care about the wild horses."
For Jerry Reynoldson, this decision sends a positive message to the rest of the country as local lawmakers fight for money to protect the animals. "I view these things as building blocks in our efforts to try and generate futher support to protect the horses. Hopefully now that Nevadans have said we love these horses and we want them on the quarter, others will say, 'Wow, maybe we're missing something here.' And it will draw the kind of attention that it needs for us to take steps forward."
Voting for the design finished on Monday, May 30. State Treasurer Brian Krolikci made the annoucement on the winning design at a news conference in Carson City on June 2.
Nevada was the 36th state to enter the union and therefore will be the 36th state quarter minted.
The quarter will be released January 2006.
(May 19) -- With less than two weeks of balloting to go, nearly 40,000 Nevadans have cast their votes among five proposed designs for Nevada's state quarter. About 5,000 of those ballots were cast by individual's on the State Treasurer's website.
More polling sites are being set up next week in all counties before the May 30th balloting deadline. The vote totals will not be announced until the voting closes on that day.
Kathy Besser is the chief of staff for Nevada Treasurer Brian Krolicki. She says they've been thrilled by the response so far.
So far, voting is close among four of the five designs under consideration for the quarter, scheduled to go into circulation in early 2006. Besser says one of the designs isn't getting much support, but declined to identify which one.
She says they are keeping the balloting secret until the end so no one can skew the results.
Only a handful were disqualified for voting irregularities, or attempting to vote twice
(May 5) -- Nevada is closer than ever to having its' own quarter. The state treasurer unveiled the final five designs to a group of students in Carson City Wednesday at the state's old mint building.
Nevada residents submitted more than 500 ideas of what they would like to see on the state's quarter. The 500 potential designs were narrowed down to five.
Two of the quarters had "miner" themes to them, another a big-horn sheep on it, one shows wild horses while the final design displays an American Indian artifact.
Design themes depicting gambling and showgirls were deemed inappropriate.
You can help determine what will go on the new Nevada quarter. Nevada residents will have 30 days to vote on their favorite design.
Click here to visit the State Treasurer's website for more information.
The deadline to vote is May 30.
Also there is a caravan of volunteers planning to visit each county courthouse to distribute ballots.
The five State Quarter final designs are:
- Morning in Nevada
- Nevada's Early Heritage
- The Silver State
- Nevada Wilderness
- Mother Nature's Nevada
The Nevada quarter will enter circulation in January 2006.
Morning in Nevada -- Winning Design
Nevada's Early Heritage
The Silver State
Nevada Wilderness
Mother Nature's Nevada
