Light Motto The first obverse hub of 1934 Light Motto The letters look like mush Medium Motto The Second obverse hub of 1934 Medium Motto The letter look normal but the top of the verex in w is below or level with side one in the W in "WE" Strong Motto The Third obverse hub of 1934 Strong Motto the Strong middle vertex /\ of the letter W in "WE" projects above the left and right strokes.
How about...Stage A EDS (Early Die State), Stage B MDS (Mid Die State), and Stage C LDS (Late Die State). Larry Nienaber
that was just my personal set.. I don't have coins to represent those other possible die states. atrox001 From what I seen but I am no expert on the light motto lds and vlds the motto is almost completely gone and the medium the letters will be thin and the vertex will not go above the side of the w if its thick check it for a Double Die Obverse. the Heavy motto goes about the vertex in all die stages. I shared a picture of mine lds of the medium DDO
You might include the 34D heavy and medium motto coins and the 34D heavy motto with the 1932 mint mark style for a total of 6 unique die marriage combinations for 34 (not counting DD's and RPM's).
there is a great read on ngc site http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?newsletternewsarticleid=221
yeah I dont have the medium 1934-d heavy and medium coins in a grade better then vg-08. I have been saving for them to truly complete set along with higher grade ddo.
I'm a huge Washington Quarter fan! Working on a full complete date\mint mark set from 32 all they way to current ATBs. I'm going to include these varieties along with the Business Strikes with the B reverse and the earlier proofs that are not included in the dansco 8140. Great Illustration and I couldn't agree more with @bsowa1029!