I bought this in a coin store in Phoenix yesterday. I'm grading it around AU-50, maybe AU-55 on a good day. What caught my attention was the mint mark. I couldn't recall whether there was an S/S variety in 1936, but through my loupe I *thought* I could see a repunched mintmark. Once I got home, I looked at NGC's web site and confirmed there WAS an S/S variety that year. Here is their pic: https://www.ngccoin.com/coin-varieties/washington-quarters/1936-s-s-25c-vp-001-4723/ So I looked at the mint mark with my digital microscope and took a pic. Here it is: It doesn't match exactly, but I'm thinking with that closed opening at the bottom and what appears to be an extra serif at the top, this is, indeed, an S/S. Can anyone confirm?
There was an attempted robbery at a Phx Coin Shop this week on the news. He was shot by the owner & his female partner held at gunpoint until police arrived. But I am sure as a Well-Known Member of CT you paid good money for this quarter. What is the overall condition of the reverse ? Could that S/S have been hit and pushed downward on the first S ?
Yep, that was the place. I came in the day after (Sunday) not having heard about it. I was traveling for my military duties and just asked Siri where the nearest coin shop was. The owner told me about the attempted robbery while I was there, and showed me the bullet hole in the display case. And yes, I *bought* the coin. I was in full Army uniform with my last name written on it, so had I been a robber, I would have been very easy to identify! I am a battalion commander of a military police battalion, so I gave the owner one of my battalion challenge coins for his judicious use of force (I'm a huge 2A advocate and concealed carry instructor in Colorado, Life Member of the NRA, etc.). I'm grading the reverse at AU-50 to AU-55, so I highly doubt something smashed the mint mark.
sorry but i dont see how you can even compare your pic to the one in the link, to me they look nothing alike, not even close...
