Is there a die variety on the obverse for them? Seems some, especially the 1999's are wider. net link?
You are saying you don't know. I'll try to get to it tomorrow, I thought it was a simple question ...
I never said I didn't know. If it was such a simple question, you could always google the answer. To my knowledge, there are no wide-am/close-am varieties for quarters.
It would not surprise me if there is a slight difference between the business strike hubs and the proof hub, but if there is one, it quite likely would not be the same close and wide AM found on the cent reverse hubs, and two if there was a difference in the business strike and proof hub on the obv of the state quarters, the easiest way to tell the difference between the two would be the mintmark. The obverse from the proof hub will have an S mintmark and obverses from business strike hubs will have P or D mintmarks.
OK, I am now officially dangerous. My new toy arrived. The wide one is a 1999 and the narrow is a 2001.
Have you compared other 1999 quarters to other 2001 quarters to see if the distance varies from what you see between these 2?
It seems common for 99's to be wide and the later years to be narrow, that is why I was asking for a net reference to the reverse die varieties. Capiche?
Perhaps that's just the way the reverse was designed, meaning it isn't really a "variety". Now, if you found a 1999 and 2001 quarter that had matching spacing in the letters, then you might be onto something. But something like this seems to be the same as asking "I found a 1991 cent with a wide am and a 1993 cent with a close am, is it a variety?" To which I would reply "no, it is an intentional design change". Let me know if that makes sense.
I'll rephrase the question for the impaired. Is there a resource similar to variety vista that covers the obverses for these? and Rascal if I make you rich with this please keep me in mind when the checks roll in
No need for the passive-aggressive comments, I'm only trying to get more information. After all, your original question WAS "Is there a die variety on the obverse for them?" And then you ask about a site for the REVERSE die varieties in post 8, thus confusing things. Varietyvista does not go up to 1999. I can''t find a resource that lists obverse die changes for the applicable dates.
Me neither. And I goofed up reverse because the moved the date to there. What is the rule for naming Obv vs rev anyway? So from here on we assume that the 1999's are wide and after that close, and if we find an exception, that is the error coin???
what I meant when I said you may be onto something is that if there was a design change between 1999 and 2001 one then it may be possible to find a 2000 or 01 state quarter with the 99 reverse. I may look at some to find out.
I think I found your answer. Compare the two links. The first showing the design for a 1999 state quarter, and the latter showing the design for the 2001 state quarter. Notice how the first shows a "wide am" and the second shows a "close" AM. This was an intentionsl design change, and your coins are completely normal. http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/quarter_dollar_commems/connecticut_quarters.htm http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29209
Thanks for working on this. Those images are too small to verify a difference. (at least for me). I do notice that the S reverse has that branch missing ( see my other thread on CT Q's - that was never resolved either). I'll go check that one and update with the scope maybe. About normal ... I might have both sizes in 99, so I was wondering if it was kosher or not. Why can't we find this out? doesn't the mint help out? I always find the gubbamint web site lacking ....
I have saved every single 1999 statehood quarter that fell into my hands. No reason other than a compulsion. I will see if there are any that differ... I wonder if there could be differences from state to state within the same year as well?
