1972 D Washington in Change, Preserved for Future Collectors

that is a nice coin.Where did you get it?bank roll?

purdy burdy

Isn't that a type "b"!?!?

It's valuable already iff so.

cladking,

I forgot to even check it for a "B" reverse. But it is not one
after checking it. I think the reason it may look like one
in the pictures is that the "T,A,T,E,S" in States looks to have
had grease in the die when it was struck.
Also after looking at it again in the 2x2 holder I flipped
it over and the reverse is roughly 10 degrees off from the obverse.
Thank You for getting me to look at it again today. Who knows
how long before I would have dug it out again to look
Without know it was a rotated die.

I do need to get a lot more familiar with these. I guess between my lack of good familiarity, the weak strike and unfortunate camera abngle I just got thrown.

Incidentally the '72-D was the last date minted before 1979 to disappear (statistically) from circulation in AU condition. This occurred about 1996. It very soon after disappeared in XF as well. A few XF's that were saved since the states issues were released have trickled back into circulation.

I suspect it held up so well because the surfaces were harder but there may be other factors as well. An AU is a pretty tough coin today but was common as recently as the late-'80's.