West Point Quarters, According to the Public Affairs Office -
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After speaking with the Public Affairs Office at the Mint Headquarters in Washington DC this afternoon I learned that they will not be continuing the release of West Point mint marked quarters after this year.
No reason was given. I would have hoped they would have continued but it is not to be.
I have to wonder what they have planned for next year.
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It was touted as being a “numismatic rarity.” Continuing it would make it another quarter like the D and S. This is why these five W-ATB quarters command such a premium.
If it were continued then all the current W quarter premiums would drop hard and fast.
IMO
i won't believe it until I see the tweet.
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I will be interested to see the "W" uncirculated quarters mintage numbers someday and I myself will then compare them to the mintages for the "S" uncirculated quarters. Wouldn't the "W" unc quarters mintages have to be higher than the "S" unc quarters? Otherwise, there would be so few "W" in the mix of new quarters that it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. I don't see these "W" uncirculated Quarters as a real solid value for the long-run.
P.S. I have only seen two Lowell quarters and one Marianas quarter "in the wild" so far in 2019. Around these parts, the newest quarters in change are George Rodgers Clark and Apostle Islands..
2 million mintage for each of the 2019 West Point quarters.
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Can't really compared the W to the S quarters. The S quarters are not intended for circulation and anyone can order it thru the mint.
Don't disagree with your characterization of the San Francisco coins, but if the "S" unc coins are numerically a lot fewer than the "W" unc coins, IMHO that might make a difference someday.
You asked the wrong question. You should of asked them what denomination will have the "W" next year...
Especially after people like me start dumping S coins into Coinstars because they aren't worth selling. LOL.
I'll be cutting up some Mint sets for the Coinstar this week!!! Doing my best to make those rare and valuable.
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Maybe they should try moving the Mint Mark around. Wouldn't it be fun to find "P reverse" quarters mixed in with "P obverse" quarter?
@USMint are you listening. LOL
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I will be watching for the W nickel....the only 'set' I am currently interested in....that last one may be my 'unicorn'...Cheers, RickO
If we are playing out your hypothetical, If an "S" mintmarked unc quarter with a mintage of 900,000 gets dumped into the Coinstar, then how does a "W" mintmarked unc quarter with a mintage of 2,000,000 maintain a $10+ value?
Granted, this is a hypothetical for a slow news day...
FWIW, I've cut up quite a few Mint sets from 1971 and 1972 this year.
My guess is that in the long run, the "S" quarters will have a numismatic value higher than their "W" counterparts in the lower grades (sub-MS60) because they are being made in lower quantities overall. Beyond MS-60, I'm guessing the "W"'s will be far pricier than the "S" ones.
As an example of how "S" sales have slacked off, I think last year's Apostle Islands 2018-S is now off sale and the total sales were 889,080.