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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sf340flier, post: 401544, member: 5806&quot;]For some reason, these Arizona quarters have consumed me.&nbsp; I normally like things from the 1800&#039;s but, here is the lowdown on the Arizona quarters...</p><p><br /></p><p>--A sizeable amount of P minted Arizona quaters have the reverse designer initials covered.&nbsp; I have personally identified three varieties that do this.&nbsp; One variety simply covers the upper half of the &quot;J&quot; in the &quot;JFM&quot;.&nbsp; Another variety covers most of the &quot;J&quot; and &quot;F&quot; and part of the &quot;M.&quot;&nbsp; The third variety I have found covers almost the entire initial area.&nbsp; You can only see the bottom of the &quot;M&quot; sticking out.&nbsp; These have been identified as the single leaf extra cactus error on ebay.&nbsp; All of these are going for about $1-$2 right now.&nbsp; In my opinion, these are very common as I probably have 4 rolls of these.</p><p><br /></p><p>--A much more rare error is the so-called double extra cactus.&nbsp; I have seen three varieties of these as well.&nbsp; All of these varieties seem to have the single cactus error as well as the following: One variety covers the top part of the first zero and touches the 2 in the reverse date.&nbsp; Another variety touches just the 2 in the date. And another variety touches just the second zero in the date.&nbsp; All of these can be seen easily with the naked eye.&nbsp; There was also an article about these in the June 30th Coin World.&nbsp; These apparently have only been found in 1,000 mint bags.&nbsp; I think they were more common early on with the 1,000 mint bags, as I can tell you having searched two new fresh mint bags, I found none.&nbsp; ANACS and ICG have agreed to start certifying these.&nbsp; They are selling anywhere from $10-$100+ on ebay right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>--There are also reports of a smooth cactus variety on the D mints.&nbsp; Haven&#039;t seen one of these except on ebay.</p><p><br /></p><p>--Some are selling an extra cactus needles variety.&nbsp; I have one of these and in my opinion, this is a pretty minor variety. </p><p><br /></p><p>--There are a few selling a candlestick variety, where the cactus has points that look somewhat like a candlestick.</p><p><br /></p><p>In general, the Arizonas are a mess, imo.&nbsp; But if you like state quarter varieties, I guess you may be in for some fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy hunting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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