1969-D Quarter Type B Reverse?

hyf88

Ran across this 1969-D quarter tonight while looking through a pile of quarters, the thing that made me take a closer look was how strong the reverse strike was. Pulled up a few old threads regarding the type B reverse, and this sure looks like it. I was just hoping any of the experts in the field could confirm it for me. Thanks!

- Bill

pursuitofliberty

I'm no expert on the type B's, but I do believe you have a winner!

Everything looks right ... maybe a real expert can chime in

PCcoins

That looks like a TYPE B reverse from where I'm sitting.

Type2

Looks like it to me.

SUMORADA

morgandollar1878

I would say yes. Nice find.

cointime

Very cool

ProofArtworkonCircs

That is certainly a type B reverse.

NotSure

Why hasn't any of the Type B/C guys said YOU SUCK yet??? I'll do it......YOU SUCK hyf88!!!!!

You DO have a clad Type B, hyf88...something ALOT of us have looked for through lots of Washies, only to come up empty. Congrats, great job!

19Lyds

<< <i>Why hasn't any of the Type B/C guys said YOU SUCK yet??? I'll do it......YOU SUCK hyf88!!!!!

You DO have a clad Type B, hyf88...something ALOT of us have looked for through lots of Washies, only to come up empty. Congrats, great job! >>



I'll second that motion!

Good Job!

You Suck!

cladking

This is about the top 20%ile in grade.

I'd call it a mid to high grade F. Mid-F is close enough. That it's a cull detracts a lot from
it but about 35% of these are culls and most of the problems are more serious than the
circular gouges on this one.

Most of the clads are going to be quite scarce in higher grade than this but I suspect the
'69-D won't be nearly so tough as some of the other type "b's in XF and better. A few
rolls of these were saved and it's been on everyone's save list since very early on.

Some people might think I'm undergrading it but you need to grade the clads differently
than the silvers. They wear much harder so tend to look worse in the lower grades. The
rim rarely struck up all the way around on both sides so the lettering is worn into the rim
almost as soon as they hit circulation making all the early dates to be technically AG's.

Note on this specimen the "F" of "OF" is worn into the rim.

Most of this date are seen in VG with about equal numbers of G's and F's around. VF's can
be found with patience but the XF's were gone before 1999 so these aren't really very lik-
ely any longer. A solid VF is about the best you can realistic hope for and it will take looking
at about 8,000 quarters to find it and then about forty times this number for a type "b".

Nice score.

docg

Nice pick-up! I have been looking for a clad type B for a couple of years with no success. The 69d is by far the most common, but a great find!

hyf88

Many thanks to all for the replies! I've searched through roughly 2000 quarters over the past few months and can say that I've only come across about six or seven 1969-dated coins and most of them were D-mints. Needless to say I'm pretty excited to have found this one, and now that I know what to look for can keep searching for those other type B's hiding out there.

Thanks again to all who share their knowledge on these boards, as an aide to searches for coins like this it is truly priceless.

ProofArtworkonCircs

You should be about ready to find a type "M" if you haven't already.
This one matches the majority of 1968 S proofs.
The wing- field boundaries nearest the bundle of arrows are very sharp, perhaps even sharper than type B. The gap between the leaf and arrow points is partially filled in and the appearence changes as you wiggle the coin. The top arrowpoint barb is missing. This time it is the second leaf to the left of the arrowpoints that is extended and often looks doubled.

This thread hs a good picture of one:

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=764212&highlight_key=y

Type2

Linky Just a little help.

ProofArtworkonCircs

Thank you, Type2.

Stew

Very Cool Find
Congratulations.

DCW

Funny, i was reading this thread after work and came home to find a 1969 quarter sitting on my couch. Pretty good shape, too. Probably vf. It's no type b, but it put a smile on my face.

1tommy

well i finally got cherry pickers guide and coming here for the past 3 months mom and dad left me 70 rolls of quarters and after reading all these wonderful post and reading the book and the pictures i opened the first roll of 1964 d first 3 coins and so far according to the pictures two out of the 3 are reverse type C the other being a B, i need to get a camera but in the two type c arrows are pointing up whereas type b looks like tips of arrows die in the leaf correct? i know i am going to have fun going thru all these. what a great site............... ok after reading more could these be type A ? look alot alike.......

ProofArtworkonCircs

<<well i finally got cherry pickers guide and coming here for the past 3 months mom and dad left me 70 rolls of quarters and after reading all these wonderful post and reading the book and the pictures i opened the first roll of 1964 d first 3 coins and so far according to the pictures two out of the 3 are reverse type C the other being a B, i need to get a camera but in the two type c arrows are pointing up whereas type b looks like tips of arrows die in the leaf correct? i know i am going to have fun going thru all these. what a great site............... ok after reading more could these be type A ? look alot alike.......>>

I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but....

I recommend rechecking the CPG. AS far as I know, the chances of having a 1964 D type C is one out of 12,000 and of a type B zero. No silver D mint type B has yet been reported.

I recommend the CPG page 152 to see pictures of the three varieties correctly identified. The picture on page 202 (and others) that shows the arrowpoints is a type C not a type B as labeled there. There is not much difference between an A and a C in a shot like that, but on the C, the leaf by the bottom barb of the bottom arrowpoint sticks upwards higher than the barb unlike type A.

1tommy

thanks for pointing that out seems i need to read more and look at the pictures better, going to keep going thru the 64 d rolls and will look for the leaves. and congrats to hyf88 for the great find i am starting to realize there not as common as i thought lol thks everyone ..............