Is there anything that stands out about this coin? This is pocket change. I am trying to find out from the Numismatist here, if there is any visual thaws? I have found something wrong but you cant tell it from a pic.
Maybe someone would make the edges all white so someone would find it and say "ermahgerd it's a 1965 transitional silver quarter I have to take this to PCGS now". Don't do this, it's illegal.
I find a lot of new collectors, when seeing 1960's coins, believe the coin is unusual. In the 1960's the mint actually struck coins with relief, not the comic book low relief they use today. Therefor, 1960's coins simply look a lot better. A Washington quarter, when struck in higher relief, is not a bad looking coin. Most quarters in your pocket, though, look like cheap game board pieces.
I tried putting the quarter in a air-tight plastic holder. It wouldnt fit it was too big in diameter.i hsvnt been able to find my mm gauge. I am off to the hardware store tomorrow to pick one up I will let you know what the measurement is.
I looked to see a 65 foot Washington. Just looks to be a circulated quarter to me. 1965 quarter production was huge at 1,819,717,540. The single largest year of production according to my Red Book.
65 quarters may have the highest mintage of the era, but finding a nice early die state ms-65 or higher coin is pretty hard to do. Since there were no mint sets issued that year, and the SMS coins don't count as mint state regular issue business strikes, and the coins were largely overlooked at the time, there really are not that many gem specimens to be had. In circulation, they are still very common, but nearly all are low grade or culls. Finding one xf or above is a real treat.
