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I have noticed a LOT of P & D filled mint marks for the 70s and 80s, in circulated Washington Quarters. Since there appear to be so many, are they worth more than a correct mint mark?

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,937 ✭✭✭✭✭
    pretty common, no premium that I know.
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,733 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, it's very common. For an '80-P it's a real task to find one that isn't filled. In fact
    sometimes you'll almost need to look at the other diagnostics just to tell a Philly from
    a Denver. This is why they started making the mint marks larger starting in '81. (es-
    pecially the "D" at first).

    In 1981 all you could tell at a glance was if the MM was a D or a blob.

    There are many exceptions but especially with the clad coins it's the well made ones
    that defy the rules and are scarce. Well struck clads from good dies were quite diff-
    icult to locate when they were new and now they're almost all heavily worn or lost
    entirely. Finding well preserved specimens would be impossible for most dates were
    it not for mint sets.

    I can't think of any clads that have a premium for having minting defects though at
    one time a grease filled die that resulted in 1989 quarters with no mint mark result-
    ed in a large premium. There are lots of early date dimes missing letters or sets of
    letters on the reverse that are fun to collect but these rarely trade at a premium. Die
    varieties can be extremely rare and valuable in clads but not minting defects at this
    time.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.
  • jdillanejdillane Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭
    I remember collecting 1972 D quarters fresh from the mint and hoping that I had stumbled onto a rarety! But, I kept finding them!
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Yes, it's very common. For an '80-P it's a real task to find one that isn't filled. In fact
    sometimes you'll almost need to look at the other diagnostics just to tell a Philly from
    a Denver. This is why they started making the mint marks larger starting in '81. (es-
    pecially the "D" at first).

    In 1981 all you could tell at a glance was if the MM was a D or a blob.

    There are many exceptions but especially with the clad coins it's the well made ones
    that defy the rules and are scarce. Well struck clads from good dies were quite diff-
    icult to locate when they were new and now they're almost all heavily worn or lost
    entirely. Finding well preserved specimens would be impossible for most dates were
    it not for mint sets.

    I can't think of any clads that have a premium for having minting defects though at
    one time a grease filled die that resulted in 1989 quarters with no mint mark result-
    ed in a large premium. There are lots of early date dimes missing letters or sets of
    letters on the reverse that are fun to collect but these rarely trade at a premium. Die
    varieties can be extremely rare and valuable in clads but not minting defects at this
    time. >>



    .....please enlighten us, sam. which 'other' diagnostics do you mean? image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,733 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Yes, it's very common. For an '80-P it's a real task to find one that isn't filled. In fact
    sometimes you'll almost need to look at the other diagnostics just to tell a Philly from
    a Denver. This is why they started making the mint marks larger starting in '81. (es-
    pecially the "D" at first).

    In 1981 all you could tell at a glance was if the MM was a D or a blob.

    There are many exceptions but especially with the clad coins it's the well made ones
    that defy the rules and are scarce. Well struck clads from good dies were quite diff-
    icult to locate when they were new and now they're almost all heavily worn or lost
    entirely. Finding well preserved specimens would be impossible for most dates were
    it not for mint sets.

    I can't think of any clads that have a premium for having minting defects though at
    one time a grease filled die that resulted in 1989 quarters with no mint mark result-
    ed in a large premium. There are lots of early date dimes missing letters or sets of
    letters on the reverse that are fun to collect but these rarely trade at a premium. Die
    varieties can be extremely rare and valuable in clads but not minting defects at this
    time. >>



    .....please enlighten us, sam. which 'other' diagnostics do you mean? image >>



    The '80 quarters have more differences between the mints than almost any other date.
    From a glance you can tell them apart much of the time just by the flatness of fields of
    the Denver. There is no single or combination of diagnostics that will differentiate them
    all the time.
    tempus fugit extra philosophiam.

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