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SANTA FE — All four final designs being considered for the back of the New Mexico commemorative quarter, due out next year, feature a Zia symbol over an outline of the state.
New Mexico Coin Commission administrator Arif Khan said the U.S. Mint should give technical feedback on the proposed designs next month, the Santa Fe New Mexican reported Tuesday.
The commission then will make a final recommendation to Gov. Bill Richardson. The final choice should be announced in April.
Since 1999, the U.S. Mint has issued commemorative quarters honoring each state. The final group, including New Mexico, is set for release in 2008.
Proposals for the "tails" side of the quarter included a UFO flying over Shiprock, chile ristras, roadrunners, hot-air balloons, even the mushroom cloud from the atomic bomb test at Trinity site.
The Zia symbol, Khan said, was the most common suggestion.
"We wanted to make it simple, elegant, so it speaks to people in New Mexico but also to people from the outside so the image would make them take pause."
