Type B Washington Quarters

At the risk of re-opening this thread after a few months. Does anyone have a pricing guide for the type B's yet ?

I ask because as I was cleaning my coin room, I came across 2 more in an old Whitman folder. Now I have a 62 - 63 - 64. All the research I could do on-line stated that the 63 might be the scarcest. Mine would come in at a 40. The 64 at AU58 and the 62 is beat up a bit. It had been around.

Thanks,

gary

 

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Prices can be all over the place with high grade examples (MS65-MS67) bringing the big premiums. AU coins, IMO, are probably in the melt to $15range depending upon date at this particular point in time.

Personnally, I'm of the opinion that specific date scarcities closely follow the current PCGS Populations.

1956
1961
1962
1964
1957
1960
1958
1963
1959

Note that 1963 is second from the bottom as it has a total population of 271 coins (for PCGS) across all grades. It rarely shows up on eBay and other venues simply because it usually does not get a premium due to its apparent commonality.

1959 is at the bottom of my list simply because half the mint sets produced in 1959 had a Type B in them or at least an examination of 1959 US Mint Sets makes it appear that way.

It should be important to note that since these became a popular variety to search for, populations literally exploded along with prices. However, as the field of collectors that actually purchased these has become satisfied with their current holdings, only the high grade examples which might represent an "upgrade, attract premium level interest. The rest usually fall to new collectors that pay better than average price for a similar Washington of equivalent grade.

It should also be noted that the "proof reverse" was not specifically limited to 1956-1964 coins since proof reverses also appear on 1969-D Clad, 1970-D Clad, 1971-D Clad and 1972-D Clad Washingtons. This particular proof reverse is slightly different than the Type B (RDV-002) and is actually RDV-008 (Type H). These coins, due to attrition in the clad series, can be EXTREMELY difficult to find and in lower circulated grades can command hundred dollar premiums.

 

Thanks for that information. A good friend is sending me a copy of John Feiganbaum's Guide to Washington quarters he no longer uses. I doubt I would sell any of these, unless I upgrade of course. Mainly want to provide info to my heirs at some point. Unfortunately, they do not thrust themselves into my collecting and have no idea what my binders hold. Since the premiums are so small, I think I may build a set of them at some point. depending on what's available when I am at shows. I was fortunate to obtain the 32S many years ago and am building this set backwards from the key.

Thanks again,

gary

 

The price guide that I use and probably one of the few "guides" that is out there as far as prices go is the Coin Market guide put out monthly in Numismatic News. Lee's info above is spot on and he always has good info. If I could modify one thing that he stated, it would be the scarcity list and I would move the 1960 just up from the 1959 and the 1964 just up from that for the same reason that he stated for the 1959....They are found quite frequently in mint sets. This is where I found all of mine. Those three dates I have sent into NGC and most came back MS64 and MS65. Because the others are found in rolls or from other sources, the grades tend to be lower. Therefore, high grades in these dates typically do command higher premiums.

 

jaceravone from your picture I always fell you are yelling at me.
Just relax little buddy!! lol

 

ROTFLOL!
No, not yelling at you are anyone else Duke....That pic just represents my inner torment by being a coin collector. Lets just say that I have a love/hate relationship with my coins! :devil:

Oh, BTW....how does this look.... Keeping on topic!

 

What is the ballpark value of these? How important is attributed vs unattributed considering how easy/many pick ups points there are. I have a 1961 type B in NGC 65 that is unnatributed. What kind of value can I place on it?

 

PCGS is tough on the 1961's and with a pop of only 20, the PCGS price guide say's $250. But, unless its a strong MS65, you could expect considerably less. Probably around the $80 mark on a good day with two strong bidders.

Again it depends upon the condition of the coin vs it's assigned grade.

 

I think that's a very nice white one indeed but you still don't have to yell at me
lol

 

It's my understanding that you should always tell PCGS what you.ve got and ask if they attribute it. I have heard their list is a very short one. I do know that I have sent things to ANACS because PCGS nor NGC recognized the variety. Even though the rest of the Numismatic community knows what it is. Go figure ? A local dealer was the one to advise me on this as did CONECA

 

So what is a Type B (or A, etc) quarter?

 

Pretty sure there's a lot of info in THIS topic. lol
You don't even have to search.
Your's was post #210 so go back thru the others and read.
Espically post #29

 

The reverse dies of the proof and business strikes are different. A Type B is a business strike coin struck with the proof reverse die.

The reverse die changed in 1965. A Type C is a 1964 struck with a 65 reverse die. I believe I have found one of these, but I need to send it for authentication. The Cherrypicker's Guide has a lot of info on the Washington Types.

 

Type C is for a '64-D, not '64-P.

 

That is correct. I apologize for omitting the D. There aren't any known 64 P type C, yet.

The one I have is a D, of course.

Thanks for clarifying that. I should have re-read the post before I submitted it and caught the error.

 

Problem solved!!!

www.washingtontype-b.com

Check it out.....

 

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