There was a recent thread that showed the differences between the Type A Rev die and the Type B Rev (proof) die of the Washington quarter. It was a pretty interesting thread. I searched for it, but couldn't find it...or I would have posted to it. Does anyone know how common the Type B variety is? Breen talks about the two (2) varieties as though they could have an equal population. The Cherrypicker's Guide lists a 6x price multiple on the Type B Rev and PCGS lists a 10x multiple...(PCGS only lists the 1956 Type B Rev, but I assume that price applies to the other dates as well). NGC and the Redbook don't list the Type B Rev at all. The reason I ask is that I've searched six (6) rolls so far...three (3) 1957 rolls and three (3) 1958 rolls. Out of those rolls I've found 20 and 21 Type B Reverses, respectively. That's a 6:1 ratio which matches the price ratio in Cherrypicker's. Does that sound high, low, or about right? Thoughts?
This might be the thread: 1959 Washington Type B Reverse? - CoinTalk But I'm not sure about the ratios.
The clad type b's are quite rare. They were made in fairly significant numbers but virtually none were saved. Only the '70-D appears in mint sets. They'll mostly be rare in grades over F and scarce in VG. There won't be a lot in G either but this remains to be seen since there are at least 40,000 of each date surviving in circulation and they might not get found.
