My vote is in, again, for the design of Oklahoma’s state quarter.

You may remember voting last year for the best designs from ten choices. I said then that six choices would be more than enough.

Why must it be more difficult than that? In fact, couldn’t we just choose between a Democrat and Republican quarter?

In any case, the top five choices were submitted for consideration.

* With 43,720 votes, the design that featured the state outline in the upper left, an oil derrick to the right, a calumet in the middle and the Pioneer Woman statue on the lower left received the largest support.
* With 42,118 votes, the design that prominently features the scissortail flycatcher finished a narrow 2nd.
* With 39,659 votes, the design featuring the Pioneer Woman statue in the middle with an oil derrick to her left and a windmill to her right came in 3rd.
* With 34,819 votes, the design featuring the Pioneer Woman statue and oil derrick upon a state outline background came in 4th.
* And with 29,375 votes, the design with the state outline background behind a calumet and the Pioneer Woman statue rounded out the top 5.

My good taste in coinage was validated by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts when they selected the design featuring the scissortail flycatcher. But that’s not the end of it.

About a week later, it was reported that the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee recommended the design featuring the Pioneer Woman statue and a Native American “peace pipe” with the state outline background.

So, we vote again.

Voting will be open until 5 p.m. Friday, April 27.
The winner will be announced and submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury by May 1.

I’m sticking with the flycatcher.

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