2008 42c Flags of Nation, IA coin FDC
# CNC32 - 2008 42c Flags of Nation, IA coin FDC
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2008 42¢ Flags of Our Nation
This Flags of Our Nation Coin Cover features the Iowa stamp from the Flags of Our Nation Series, two uncirculated state quarters, and a cachet, or picture, that reflects the history of the state.
Verdant green hills, tidy rows of corn, and cows peacefully munching grass were the visions that inspired American Regionalist artist Grant Wood. In his own words... “I realized all the really good ideas I’d ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. So I went back to Iowa.”
Grant Wood (1891-1942) studied art in Europe, but it was Iowa that gave him his distinctive style. Painting during the Great Depression, Wood’s idealized portraits of America’s heartland offered hope to a nation withering in the dust bowl. In contrast, his crops sprang from the ground with abandon, rosy cheeked children played on bright green grass, and adults exhibited typical Midwestern values of pride and integrity. His work of art, “Arbor Day,” was recreated on Iowa’s coin.
Proud of its French connection, the Iowa state flag features vertical blue, white, and red bands modeled after the French flag. French explorers Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans to explore the state, later sold by Napoleon to the United States as part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
Friendly natives greeted the French, and the state took its name from the Native American Iowa tribe. The historic woodcut artwork cachet pictures a village of Native American Sioux living in Iowa in the 1800s.
2008 42¢ Flags of Our Nation
This Flags of Our Nation Coin Cover features the Iowa stamp from the Flags of Our Nation Series, two uncirculated state quarters, and a cachet, or picture, that reflects the history of the state.
Verdant green hills, tidy rows of corn, and cows peacefully munching grass were the visions that inspired American Regionalist artist Grant Wood. In his own words... “I realized all the really good ideas I’d ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. So I went back to Iowa.”
Grant Wood (1891-1942) studied art in Europe, but it was Iowa that gave him his distinctive style. Painting during the Great Depression, Wood’s idealized portraits of America’s heartland offered hope to a nation withering in the dust bowl. In contrast, his crops sprang from the ground with abandon, rosy cheeked children played on bright green grass, and adults exhibited typical Midwestern values of pride and integrity. His work of art, “Arbor Day,” was recreated on Iowa’s coin.
Proud of its French connection, the Iowa state flag features vertical blue, white, and red bands modeled after the French flag. French explorers Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette were the first Europeans to explore the state, later sold by Napoleon to the United States as part of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
Friendly natives greeted the French, and the state took its name from the Native American Iowa tribe. The historic woodcut artwork cachet pictures a village of Native American Sioux living in Iowa in the 1800s.