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Message:: [QUOTE="davidh, post: 508139, member: 15062"]Neither is a New Mexico or an Alaska quarter; they both are Washington quarters.  Ruben was right (yeah, really!) before he changed his mind, the identifying part of the coin is the obverse design. <ul> <li>Pre 1959 and post 1958 Cents are all Lincoln Cents.</li> <li>Shield Nickels are Shield Nickels with, or without rays</li> <li>Liberty Nickels are Liberty Nickels with, or without CENTS</li> <li>Jefferson Nickels are Jefferson Nickels with Monticello, a Peace Medal, a Keelboat, A Bison or an Ocean</li> <li>A Capped Bust quarter remains the same even with the motto removed from the obverse</li> <li>Seated Liberty Quarters, Halves and Dollars have various additions or removals of mottos and rays and retain the Seated Liberty designation</li> </ul> Granted, most of these changes are minor compared to the complete resdesign of the obverse, but the principle is there - the obverse designates the design although the reverse design can be used as a terminological modifier. So, you can have an Shield Nickel with rays vs a Shield Nickel without rays;  Or you can have a Capped Bust Quarter with motto or without motto; Or you can have a Seated Liberty Dollar with or without motto. Or you can have a Washington quarter with New Mexico reverse or a Washington quarter with an Alaska reverse (or even a Washington quarter with a Washington reverse!).[/QUOTE]