Today's laundromat haul

71Avalon · Apr 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM

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2012-2021 America the Beautiful (National Park) quarters did have S-minted clad business strikes made as well, sold directly to collectors from the Mint. (As do the American Women quarters; oddly not the 2021 Crossing the Delaware quarter though.) They weren't intended to circulate, but some do end up in circulation sometimes so it's worth keeping your eye out for them. Presumably some collectors who had more than they cared to keep spent a few. Design by design, each is actually rarer than any individual design of the W-minted quarters, usually with a mintage of about a million give or take. (Though less demanded, so not quite as valuable, but still.)

I think the coin OP posted is likely one of them.

(They do exist in silver proof too and boy would that be a rare find in circulation! One in the picture though is pretty clearly clad, you can see some of the copper on the edge.)

I think it does look like a regular quarter, granted one in really good condition, but it doesn't really have the appearance of a proof. I definitely think it's an S-minted business strike. All of the ATB proof quarters had mirror finishes, and even after some circulation they're still evident. Could be the quality of the picture or the lighting, but I don't think this one is a proof.
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Some of the ATB proofs are beautiful. Especially the ones that have a body of water in the scene. I have specimens of the whole series of proofs in clad and all but 4 in silver.

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Bambam8778 · Apr 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM

71Avalon said: ↑

Did you ever have any luck at the car wash?
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I got a bunch of bicentennial quarters. No silver and some of the 2009 low montage quarters. Nothing crazy. It’s more the hunt for me and although not much found, it’s the thrill.

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