I have been very interested in toned Washington quarters lately and I'd love to see all of yours. Here are the two I own so far:
I have thought about it purely out of curiousity, but I don't think there's really a point since it isn't a very valuable coin.
This may be surprising since most folks think of me as hardcore type, but WQs were my first great love in coinage and toned WQs still make me go weak at the knees. Here are a few that were picked up raw in the 1990s when one might be lucky enough to not only find them on the bourse, but to have them priced at a very small premium, if any premium at all. These were all certified by PCGS, many in late 1998, and went through the process only one time. I have many more.
not surprised that we are seeing the 1950's on these. There seems to be a lot of nice toning fron that era- especially the 1958's
The US Mint produced double mint sets from 1947-1949 and again from 1951-1958. These double mint sets contained one sheet of stiff cardboard for each mint that produced coins that year. Each of these sheets of cardboard then housed two coins from each denomination produced that year. The cardboard had a thin sheet of paper glued to one side and then folded over the other side so that the coins were secured in a cardboard and paper sandwich, which was then put into a kraft style mailing envelope before being put into a somewhat larger kraft style mailing envelope and shipped out. These mint sets were high in residual acid and sulfur from the paper manufacturing process and produced some of the most amazingly toned coins in US history. Depending upon the years and/or mint, characteristic toning colors can emerge. Here are a few more-
