Quarter Die Changes, or: Washington's Using Dippity-Do

Hello all,

Does anyone know if / when the U.S. Mint "clarified" (for lack of a better word) its dies of George Washington's profile in the '32 - '98 Washington quarters series? I was going through my clad collection with a magnifying glass in preparation for getting them into a Dansco and I noticed that the features on '96 and '98 coins is "sharper" (like Washington is using hair gel or something) than coins from the '70s and '80s (like he's not and his hair is puffier).

Is this just my eyes playing tricks on me? I can't find anything in the Redbook about Washington die changes during the early 90s.

 

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The mint re designs the hubs every so often. I dont know when they did washington quarter re designs but i know they have done a few