Quarter by Type Distribution
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I recently went through 9 rolls of quarters (360 coins) in thhe Boston area. The distribution was typical and as follows:
Old standard eagle 1965-1998 197 or 54.7%
State quarters 1999-2008 156 or 43.3%
Bicentennial quarters 1976 4 or 1.1%
Park quarters 2010 (Grand Canyon and Yosemite) 2 or 0.6%
Territorial quarters 2009 (American Samoa) 1 or 0.3%
I am mainly interested in certain varieties before 1973. Pre 1973 quarters were 24 or 6.7%. Of the dates I was mainly interested in were 3 1966, 1 each 1969D and 1970 D. I have not found a variety B in years now.
One scarce item found was a 1967 with the first clad reverse. Less than 0.1% of the 1967's have that.
Old standard eagle 1965-1998 197 or 54.7%
State quarters 1999-2008 156 or 43.3%
Bicentennial quarters 1976 4 or 1.1%
Park quarters 2010 (Grand Canyon and Yosemite) 2 or 0.6%
Territorial quarters 2009 (American Samoa) 1 or 0.3%
I am mainly interested in certain varieties before 1973. Pre 1973 quarters were 24 or 6.7%. Of the dates I was mainly interested in were 3 1966, 1 each 1969D and 1970 D. I have not found a variety B in years now.
One scarce item found was a 1967 with the first clad reverse. Less than 0.1% of the 1967's have that.
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Thank you for sharing your research. What are the diagnostics on the '67?
Barry
Thank you for sharing your research. What are the diagnostics on the '67? >>
James Wiles has a piece here with some excellent illustrations.
http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/content/QuarterRDVHandout.pdf
There are 4 different 1967's listed here. They are RDV-003, RDV-004, RDV-005 and RDV-006.
RDV-003, I believe, is the original clad design. I say this because it was used on the silver 1964 D type C. It was also used on the very first clad quarter that I was able to obtain which I still have. The bank was reluctent to let me have it. Coin collectors, then, were considered the enemy of circulating coinage. This design was used on only about 5% of the 1965 coins and <0.1% of the 1967's. I believe it was also used on a few 1966, but I have none of those at the moment. Characteristics are a flat wide appearing low relief E PLURIBUS UNUM. (It appears stronger on the softer silver 1964 D type C.) It reminds one of the strong and weak IN GOD WE TRUST on the obverse of the 1934 quarters. That was not recognized in the Red Books until the 1960's. The lower edge of horizontal wing segment to the viewer's LEFT (I think I am contradicting my link here) is very distinct as compared to RDV-004 and 5.
RDV-004 and 5 are very similiar to each other and very common on the 1965 - 1967 issues and up to 1969 D. EPU appears thinner and in higher relief. The lower edge of the left wing has a very faint edge against the field. You might say it was feathered in.
RDV-005 has an incuse line on the inside edges of the vertical wing segments
RDV-006 is another rare one of only a few tenths of 1% in the 1967's. It has a stronger lower edge of the left wing like RDV-003 but this one has master hub doubling. This is most noticeable in the word QUARTER. This hub was apparently used to make RDV-007 and 9 which also have the same master hub doubling.
JUst think, all this to cover 1967 and in 1968 we have two new proof only issues, RDV-007 and 8.