1952 Washingtom Quarter mintmarks- what's the deal?
cmerlo1
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First, I'm proud to say that I just cherried my second 1952-D huge D (FS-501) Washington Quarter:
According to the CPG, there are 2 other sizes of D's that year.
The same day I found the huge D, in the same batch of coins, I found this 1952-S quarter:
It has an S mintmark that is not only a different font, but is also much larger than what seems to be the more common (at least in the 15 - 20 1952-S quarters I found- there was only 1 of these). Here's a 'normal one for comparison:
My question is: Is the 1952-S known with different mintmark sizes, or have I made a discovery here? I guess a follow-up would be: what the h*ll was going on @ the mint in 1952 with all of the different MM punches floating around? The CPG says that the huge D punch is unknown on any other US coin...
According to the CPG, there are 2 other sizes of D's that year.
The same day I found the huge D, in the same batch of coins, I found this 1952-S quarter:
It has an S mintmark that is not only a different font, but is also much larger than what seems to be the more common (at least in the 15 - 20 1952-S quarters I found- there was only 1 of these). Here's a 'normal one for comparison:
My question is: Is the 1952-S known with different mintmark sizes, or have I made a discovery here? I guess a follow-up would be: what the h*ll was going on @ the mint in 1952 with all of the different MM punches floating around? The CPG says that the huge D punch is unknown on any other US coin...
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