Hi All I found this today and THINK it might be the Type B - I have a hard time with these type IDs, but I have been looking at hundreds of quarters and this seems to have the characteristics, and I have not seen a 1963 with such a strong strike, so it got me wondering! Thank you so much!
Show the obverse if you can please. The gap between the E & S in States sure makes it look like a Type B Reverse.
Here you go - Also, this is where I get confused.... is this a proof that ended up in the wild? Is it a business strike with proof back? Is one less common than the other?
Thanks. It doesn't look proof to me (rims don't look proof-like). Just based on these pictures so could be wrong. I need to learn a lot more about these in order to answer the rest of your question.
This is a great article: https://coinweek.com/expert-columns/us-coins-proof-reverse-washington-quarter-1956-1964-part-1/
Yes, look at the proximity of the leaf and the "A" in dollar. For me, that is the easiest and quickest diagnostic. There are others.
Type "B" reverses result when a left over proof die was used to strike business strike coins. The coins are not proof. They often are not even proof like.
