I got four rolls of quarters today so my son and I could work on filling the quarter Whitman folders he got for Christmas. One of the coins we found was a 2022 S Sally Ride quarter. It is in great shape but doesn't look like proof to me. So my question is what is this exactly? I am a world coins guy and I don't follow closely what's going on with U.S. coins these days. I thought all S coins since the 70s were proof. What is this and why is it in a roll? Do they make circulation S quarters and release them to the public?
Nice find! It seems they made proof and regular strike...: https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2022-s-25c-maya-angelou/899391
News to me as well. I didn't realize San Francisco was issuing business strike quarters again. (Like you, I'm primarily a World coins guy, and don't follow modern issues very closely.) Nice find!
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The US Mint started making business strike quarters at San Francisco in 2012 but they weren't released into circulation (only offered for sale at a premium from the mint). These are still being made today. It looks like someone decided to cash one in at the bank. https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/san-francisco-mint-strikes-circulation-qualit.html
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One piece of advice I got for coin photos was to put it on a bottle cap to make it easier for the camera to focus so that's what I did here.
