Drawn and Quartered

The winning California quarter design -- slated to enter circulation in early 2005 -- has been revealed, and I'm a little disappointed.

Oh, John Muir and Yosemite are fine. But I was really hoping for a design featuring an In-N-Out Burger.

As you well know, nothing says California like a Double Double. That, my friends, is what would make us the envy of every other state. The In-N-Out burger quarter would create such demand that the U.S. Mint would have to keep it in production too. Why didn't anyone call me?