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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rick Stachowski, post: 2862965, member: 42872&quot;]Ok OP, I did a little research and there two different kinds of reverses .</p><p><br /></p><p>The practice by the Mint of using different designs between the circulation strike coins and the proof strike coins is not new.&nbsp; From 1932 through 1964 the Mint used different designs for the reverse of the Washington quarters.&nbsp; The circulation strike design is popularly referred to as the &quot;Type A Reverse.&quot;&nbsp; In the Wexler Die Variety Files we refer to it as Washington Quarter Reverse Design #1 (WQRD-001).&nbsp; This reverse is somewhat low in relief and is usually identified by close spacing between the bottoms of the E and S in STATES.&nbsp; The proof design is often referred to as the &quot;Type B Reverse&quot;, or WQRD-002 in my files, and is characterized by a much higher relief, and has a much wider spacing between the bottoms of the E and S in STATES.</p><p><br /></p><p>For all of the years from 1956 through 1964 circulation strike Washington quarters can be found with the normal circulation style &quot;Type A&quot; reverse, and also with the proof style &quot;Type B&quot; reverse.&nbsp; Since these can be found during all of these years, it is highly unlikely that proof reverse dies were mistakenly used to make circulation strike coins.&nbsp; It was most likely an effort by the Mint to save some money and time by not wasting the proof reverse dies.&nbsp; After a few thousand proof strikes they may have no longer been acceptable to strike proof coins, but could be used to strike many thousands of coins for circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.doubleddie.com/mediac/450_0/media/1964$2025c$20Type$20A$20Reverse$20$281$29$20150$20dpi$20$28ES$20of$20STATES$29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Here we see the &quot;Type A&quot; reverse for the Washington quarters.&nbsp; It was used for circulation strike quarters struck through 1964.&nbsp; Note that there is little space between the bottoms of the E and S in STATES.</i></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><img src="http://www.doubleddie.com/mediac/450_0/media/1964$2025c$20Type$20B$20Reverse$20$281$29$20150$20dpi$20$28ES$20of$20STATES$29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Here we see the so-called &quot;Type B&quot; reverse for the Washington quarters.&nbsp; It was used for the proof quarters through 1964.&nbsp; From 1956 through 1964 it can also be found on a small percentage of circulation strike quarters.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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