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<p>[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1080991, member: 18157"]I'm not sure how much of the early clad coinage has survived in the highest grades...I suspect "not much"...potentially making it an undervalued area of collecting.</p><p> </p><p>I've been buying OBW rolls and mint sets from 1965 to 1972 and setting aside the very best examples I can find in hopes of one day having them certified.</p><p> </p><p>The "Type-B reverse" Washington quarter is another undervalued area of collecting (imo). You can still find them in rolls and Mint sets, but they represent less than 5% of the total coinage.</p><p> </p><p>For anyone that's not familiar with the Type-B reverse...from 1956 to 1964, the Philadelphia Mint used Proof dies (that no longer had the quality to produce proof coins) to produce business strike coins. </p><p> </p><p>There are slight (but noticable) differences between the Type-A (business strike) reverse and the Type-B (proof strike) reverse...most noticably, the gap between the "E" and "S" in "STATES".</p><p> </p><p>Note: Walter Breen, in his Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Coins, suggests that the Philadelphia Mint also sent used proof dies to the Denver mint from 1956 to 1972, but I haven't seen a Denver minted Type-B reverse in person. I suspect they are extremely rare if you're lucky enough to find one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 1080991, member: 18157"]I'm not sure how much of the early clad coinage has survived in the highest grades...I suspect "not much"...potentially making it an undervalued area of collecting. I've been buying OBW rolls and mint sets from 1965 to 1972 and setting aside the very best examples I can find in hopes of one day having them certified. The "Type-B reverse" Washington quarter is another undervalued area of collecting (imo). You can still find them in rolls and Mint sets, but they represent less than 5% of the total coinage. For anyone that's not familiar with the Type-B reverse...from 1956 to 1964, the Philadelphia Mint used Proof dies (that no longer had the quality to produce proof coins) to produce business strike coins. There are slight (but noticable) differences between the Type-A (business strike) reverse and the Type-B (proof strike) reverse...most noticably, the gap between the "E" and "S" in "STATES". Note: Walter Breen, in his Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Coins, suggests that the Philadelphia Mint also sent used proof dies to the Denver mint from 1956 to 1972, but I haven't seen a Denver minted Type-B reverse in person. I suspect they are extremely rare if you're lucky enough to find one.[/QUOTE]
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