Can you Guys take a look at my 1964 D and 1965, compared, side by side. 64 on left, 65 on right. 1964 D looks like Type A (from a video I watched and copper??) is my 1965 DD or what? All letters look much thicker and compared to the 64. I don't know much but what I watch and what I hear from your feedback. I apologize if I'm just posting nonsense but the color, lettering and everything is so much different. The talons on the 64 are sharp and 65 thick. I see all kinds of differences between the 2. Help the the rookie out on the different characteristics that I see comparing these 2. If better photos are.needed of a certain spot, let me know. Thanks guys!
You are overanalyzing. You have two worn, circulated quarters with some environmental toning from age and conditions they've been in. The '64 is 90% silver, the '65 is clad. '64 is worth approximately $3 '65 is worth 25 cents
64 was the last year for 90% silver so I guess they were using up their reserves because they produced a TON of quarters and dimes. They were still producing silver 1964's in 1965 and 1966 along side of the new clads. They made a ton of 1965's. I find them in circulation all the time. The post above me is correct. There is nothing special about your quarters, except one is 6.25 grams of silver and the other is 5.67 grams of mostly copper. However, the 1964-D had 3 reverses. The C being a valuable one. So here, drive yourself crazy trying to figure out which one it is:
I won't disagree, yes, probably overanylyzing. That's why I humbly asked for advice as they were in a random plain album, only quarters on the page next to other coins, sitting next to each other. So I was curious about them because they were the only 2 in one of many albums that I aquired. Saw the 64 had 3 different types (A, B, and C), read that there were errors or DD on the years so I asked. I'd rather over anylyze and get a truthful opinion so I can learn than just push them to the side. Under anylyze and I might miss something. Thanks for the knowledge, again. Coin Talk forum, so the rookie is trying to learn and talk coins with the experts. Appreciate your time @AnonymousCoinCollector
Thanks @Michaelk, I'll give it a shot but trying to figure out and learn the industry and what i have or don't have won't drive me crazy. Just like anything you have to start at the bottom and learn, if you let it drive you crazy, that's wasted time that could be used to become a professional in your craft. I didn't just wake up one morning and become a Marine Corp Recon Sniper, I learned from the higher ups and respected their opinion as I do all of yours. All due respect Gentlemen, advice noted and onto the next. Thank you
Well, I just find with that comparison photo, even with an eye loupe it's very hard to tell which reverse is which. Someone mentioned an easier marker on the Type C. I forgot what it was. The eagles tail feathers?
@Michael K By weight? Alot of the 65 and 66 I see were so crapaly made its hard to see the clad layer
@Hagenhomestead try the drop test to see if one rings like a bell. That would be the silver quarter which the silvers are more desirable and collectible IMO
That's what I've read, you can tell by the tail feathers. But guys, I'm not sitting here with good equipment. Perfect vision, yes, one of them nice interrogation style lights being me yes, cheesy phone microscope app, yes. Other than that, no loupe, no microscope just a bunch of coins keeping me busy along with the other random collections I enjoy. Couldn't tell ya fellas. Grab myself loupe and a steady hand, I might be able to answer my own questions.
Sound is the easiest one for me. The silver coins have a sort of hollow ring to them. Checking the edge is another easy way. Silver coins have a no layers so they’re easier to spot vs clad.
I think the type B is the easiest to distinguish so will check the gap between E and S, first. If it's noticeable, I'll look for that defined leaf touching the A to confirm. If it's not a type B, chances are it's a type A. To confirm this, I'll look to see if there's that extra leaf by the arrow tip. If present, it's a type C. The photos you shared from Jason are very indicative and it looks like the OP is correct on his assessment.
Hagenhomestead, For what it's worth, the photos you provided are far better than what my eyes will decipher through 5X mag nowadays but that's all I'll ever really use.
Yes. As in the above photo even worn 65's and 66's will show the copper layer. There are a few 65's on silver planchets but the odds are a billion to 1 you find one. That's 4 times higher than hitting the powerball. Weight is also important as the clads are more than a half gram lighter. Which is a significant amount in comparing two quarters. I got an inexpensive digital gram scale a few years ago and it has been used more than I thought to weigh coins, jewelry, etc.
They weren't trying to use up the reserves, there was a major coin shortage going one and they were trying to get ahead of it. (of course one of the reasons for the shortage was that people were pulling the silver coins out of circulation because they were right on the edge of being worth more as metal than as money had silver was showing no signs ending its price rise.) Then they had to continue the silver coins while they were striking the clads because if they hadn't coinage for commerce would have disappeared practically overnight. So they had to continue the silver coinage until there was enough clad in circulation to take over the load. They didn't try to dispose of the silver stockpile until years later. In fact one of the major worries in the early sixties was that the production of coins was going to wipe out the strategic stockpile and they were trying to prevent that from happening.
