1964 Quarter

Not sure where to post this since its not an error coin. And hopefully this time I got the spelling of Quarter right for all you raspberries me last time on my spelling. I got several 1964 coins that look similar to this, with the finish being somewhat of a different tint. Can you shed some light on what's up with this coin? Thanks in advance.

 

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Silver, well, all metals will begin to form toning as soon as the coin was struck. The environment and storage are always the culprit for the way it looks.

 

Dipped. There is a reason this was done on 64s. It is a classic urinal floor pee stain color.

 

You would say that. shakes head with a smile.
We all have to start somewhere.
Hey @jackislost wash your hands just in case.

 

I would imagine they are ok. They are from a clock that has 1964 coins as the numbers.

 

I have pulled some wonderful coins from those clocks.

 

As in???? I got two of them and not sure what I am looking at or looking for.....

 

There are 3 types of 1964D reverses. I think type C is the more valuable with the reverse of 1965.

 

What do you mean by type C? What are the other two types?

 

The 1964 D quarter with a Type C reverse design is a scarce variety in the Washington Quarter series1. The 1964 quarters were made of silver, while the 1965 quarters were clad. The Mint was getting ready to change over to clad quarters, so they had to make new dies to accommodate the clad coins. It seems like one reverse die that was intended for striking clad quarters was used to strike silver quarters, resulting in the 1964D Reverse C quarter2. The Type C reverse design displays crisp feather detail on the eagle3.

 

There are 3 types and each is explained in the Red Book. Type C is the more costly one of the three.

 

Hey Jack, Type A reverse's were used on all Circulation strikes and Proof strikes until 1937.
Type A rev was modified and used on proofs starting in 37'. Circ strikes still used the type A until the mint inadvertently started using type B reverses on late 50's circulation strikes. The type C reverse was intended to be used on the clad coins starting in 1965. 64' quarters can be found with all three reverse types. The rarest is type C which was supposed to be used the following year.

 

Types D-H are also listed for later years. Here's a summary of them all. Curiously Type B for 1964-D isn't shown but perhaps that was an oversight. It's not clear from this or CPG 5th edition whether Type B exists for 1964-D.
http://www.heartlandcoinclub.com/Do... - Quick Reference Guide (Rev 09-02-2019).pdf

 

I had the photo in post #12 in my PC somewhere but I couldn't find it.
Thanks. Going to copy it and put it back in.

 

What is the Red book????

 

https://whitman.com/a-guide-book-of-united-states-coins-red-book-2025-hardcover/

 

It was written by R.S. Yeoman. It’s a guide to US coins and a standard in the coin world.

 

Was the gentleman in the Navy? The author of the Red Book????