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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CommemHalfScrub, post: 4849225, member: 111545&quot;]The vertical press likely produces a slightly better strike than the horizontal press used for regular quarters. I would also guess that West Point takes better care of their dies than those used at Denver and Philidelphia, and they stay in better condition as they are used for striking less coinage. I have searched through hundreds of boxes of 2019 and 2020 quarters for Ws. Every W quarter I found was more fully struck than its P/D equivalent. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Coin presses at the West Point Mint were adapted for use to produce circulation strikes. The West Point Mint is striking coins on Grabener presses with dies striking vertically, while the Denver and Philadelphia facilities strike the coins on Schuler presses with dies striking horizontally.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>from <a href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/us-mint-strikes-west-point-quarters-for-circulation.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/us-mint-strikes-west-point-quarters-for-circulation.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/us-mint-strikes-west-point-quarters-for-circulation.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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