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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 7891816, member: 105098&quot;]this 1932 PCGS XF40 isn&#039;t a Medium Motto, or even a 1934. it&#039;s really important to compare an apple to an apple. it doesn&#039;t make a difference on the 1932, they all were light motto from my understanding, but it makes a difference in 1934.</p><p><br /></p><p>Washington quarters were made in 1932, none in 1933, in 1934</p><p>&nbsp;the U.S. Mint&#039;s engraving staff recognized a design flaw, and only a very small number of the 1934 Philadelphia Mint quarters were made from obverse dies taken from this first hub. this is the light motto hub. ODV-001</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Another obverse hub was introduced early that year and was used for most of the P-Mint quarters that year. This hub featured a much sharper motto, but one in which the letters were quite slim. this is the medium motto hub. ODV-002 </p><p><br /></p><p>As this contrasted with the heavy lettering used by Flanagan throughout his models, they made a 3rd obverse hub and it was introduced very late in the year that included a similarly sharp but much thicker motto (it is easily recognized because the middle point of the letter W in &quot;WE&quot; projects above the left and right strokes). this is the heavy motto hub ODV-003. this carries on a while til 1946 I think? then there&#039;s ODV-004 used in 1943 only. ODV-005 carries on after 1947.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just going to say, it&#039;s like step one for grading to really know what you are looking at and figuring out comparables. a 1932, (first hub) isn&#039;t comparable to a 1934 2nd hub or 3rd hub. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not bagging on you at all, Just hoping to teach, maybe give someone an &quot;ahha!&quot; moment. If you intend to grade a series or a coin, pretty important to learn the series or the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>obverse design varieties&nbsp; are here :&nbsp; <a href="http://www.varietyvista.com/09a%20WQ%20Vol%201/Obverse%20Design%20Varieties.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.varietyvista.com/09a%20WQ%20Vol%201/Obverse%20Design%20Varieties.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.varietyvista.com/09a WQ Vol 1/Obverse Design Varieties.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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