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Katie Thornton

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99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Yeah, I agree.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

And I think it sort of makes me think about flag design a little bit in that, you know, you want to sort of strive for cleanness and simplicity, sort of like communicating a clear message in as few images as you can.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

I agree.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Yeah.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

But Roman, I wanted to tell you about one person who I interviewed who really did not like the design of one of these quarters.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Missouri.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Yeah.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

For those of us who are not familiar with the design of the Missouri State Quarter, will you give us a little description?

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Yeah, right.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

So it's sort of like a handful of different things that are iconically Missouri.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Yeah.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Yeah, it's definitely not like hideous.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

But the person who was really upset about this coin design was the artist who submitted the original design concept.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

His name is Paul Jackson, and he's a well-known watercolor painter in Columbia, Missouri.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

And here's how he describes that coin.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Well, yeah, I mean, the overall design concept stayed the same.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

But Paul says the devil is in the details.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Like, take the arch, for example.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Yes, he certainly does.

99% Invisible
The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen

Plus, the trees are made of broccoli.