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69-P Washington I love/hate
DHeath
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I tried to ignore this coin but it kept gnawing at me. PCGS-MS66. Too many marks for the grade, but the overall sharpness of the strike, the quality of the planchet, and the superb (for a 69-p) luster make it unusual. This one goes into the permanent pile awaiting an upgrade. Just thought I'd share a picture.
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nice reverse.
It is really pretty nice for the date. The little ticks plague all of these. In all
probability this is a mint set coin as evidenced by the clean strong strike and
new dies. The luster of roll coins was poor (and many from the sets). This date
is virtually impossible to find in original rolls. Very few were saved because qual-
ity was so poor and because it was sandwiched between dates that appealed
much more to the handfull of speculators of the time. The '68-D was the lowest
mintage of all clad quarters as a regular issue with fewer than a hundred million
struck for circulation and the '69-D was low mintage as well. Much of the spec-
ulator interest in those days was in the new S mint cents and nickels made for
circulation. There was also widespread interest in the proof and mint sets fin-
ally being made again after the three year break. It should be noted that the
lion's share of the sets have been destroyed over the years with very few of the
coins going into collections. Some were even destroyed to obtain the silver in
1980.
I will try to take a picture of the upgrade later in the day. Show your 1969 clad quarters!
damn nice piece, DHeath
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And thanks guys.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
my feeling with these is that the Mint was still struggling with the relatively new CuNi alloy and achieving consistent strike quality. it isn't a new problem, historically speaking it provided a challenge all the way back to the 3CN and Shield Nickel when difficulty with design elements striking properly and repeated clash probably related to die spacing and press pressure were common. i don't think it's a coincidence that the first year of CuNi planchets for Proof Half-Dollars, 1971, has proven to be a key in highest Deep Cameo grades. it simply took the Mint employees awhile to figure out the proper technique to replicate strike quality.