National Park Quarters

I've noticed alot of these NPQ have very weak obverse strikes, but yet the reverse is stronger. Is this common amoung the NPQ?

 

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I'm not familiar with that set but I suspect this may be the reason.
In a single year the obverse is common to all NPQ's; it's the reverses that change.
Hence obverse dies get overused.

 

What are you comparing the ATB obverse too .
The statehood quarters ?

 

ok thanks. was helping the kids do their quarter books and just started noticing how alot of them had really weak and flat looking obverse. still cant find a "in god we rust" tho.

 

yes

 

There was a design change ( obverse ) for the ATB Quarter .
The mints went for a older looking design, more like the earlier years ...

 

Yes. This. When the ATB series started, the hub of the Washington bust was rehubbed to a higher relief version. The highest point of Washington's mug is now farther up off of the fields of the obverse. The earlier bust was flatter but had more engraved detail within it.

 

So a higher relief version of the obverse leads to weakly struck obverses?

 

It can, but I spend most of my time looking at S-mint ATB quarters, and those are monster well struck for the most part.