1959 Washington Type B Reverse?

This is a great thread! :thumb: That makes a lot of sense...but I'm not sure I understand why they kept mixing up the dies for eight (8) years...you would think someone would have noticed.

I see where Breen "suspects" there might be some Denver Type B Reverses...but I don't see where any have actually been found. Similarly, Breen says pre-1956 Type B Reverses are possible, but still no mention of any finds.

I must have just gotten lucky with a few rolls. After that initial spurt of Type B's, I've only found two (2) more after going through another 20 rolls.

I was looking at the NGC website to see if I could get VarietyPlus attribution for the ones I found, but they currently only attribute the 1964-D Type C...what's up with that?

 

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Thanks! If you run across it again...please post. Breen says 1956 Type B's are "rare" and 1957 Type B's make up about 5% of the population. For the rest of the dates, he just says the Type B's are a "minority"...whatever that means.

 

I will maybe Bill FIR or Mike D will fill us in on the B rev quarter.both are good for things like that.
Or
ck out the new Google Books online
www.google.com/books

just type coin books

 

I've been looking for a book that does an indepth treatment of the Washington quarter series, but nothing's caught my eye.

 

<<Answer... because that is where all the proofs were made. Remember, this reverse was supposed to be used on all the proof coins. It was inadvertently used on business strike coins and the reason being is because they were used at the same mint. If you want to strike it big....find a type B reverse on a Denver quarter. >>
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I have done that. 1969 thru 1972 D have a few B type reverses.
Proofs were now made at SF. SF did not strike circulation strike quarters.
Various surplus junk from SF was sent to Denver.