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I thought I'd share out my Dansco 8140. The pictures are not as nice as I'd like. But for now this should do. n the course of studying the Washington quarter 1932-1998 I learned about a couple of other types of Washington quarters which this album that I have didn't make room for. First were the proofs for the Washington quarter. The first proof strikes were done in 1936, of course, at the Philadelphia Mint. Then production of proofs was suspended from 1943-1949 due to WWII. Proof production resumed in 1950 and ran through 1964 when, again, production of proofs were suspended during 1965-1966. My Dansco 8140 only starts accounting for S proofs starting with the 1968 S clad proof. So I've added page 8 to hold all proofs minted in the years 32-42 and 50-64. Secondly, although not pictured, because I don't have any of these yet, during the years 1956-1964, to be frugle, the US Mint decided to re-use worn out proof dies to mint business strike quarters. Thus, from 1956-1964, there are two varieties of business strike for the Washington quarter. One struck with the reverse A die, which was the standard business strike die used from 1936 and on, and type 2 which is struck with the B reverse proof dies. These seem to be quite pricy in higher grades. I know there are other varieties, i.e. weak motto vs strong motto, but my goal here was for major varieties. I think on my last page I may end up with room for some of the more minor varieties. Anyhoo...here's my album so far:         |
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You are off to a great start.  Quote:
So I've added page 8 to hold all proofs minted in the years 32-42 and 50-64. A great idea. I am impressed with how many of them you already have. |
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So that's how it would look I plan to do this set someday. |
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As I mentioned in the penny Dansco thread, I put the earlier proofs in the Philly slots. When I get the earlier ones I will replace the BU I have in those slots.
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Great idea. I mixed some loose pre-65 proofs into the Philly slots but I like your idea better. |
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Nice looking set so far, keep up the good work
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looks great! I was lucky enough to receive a 1952 S in change at a local Walmart! I was super surprised. |
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Thanks all...cool thing is a lot of what I learned about the Washington series during the last couple of years was right here on these forums.
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I am working on this set as well. It gets very addictive very fast. I only need 1 or 2 more clad proofs and 3 or 4 more silver ones and then I will have all of them from 1965-1998.
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CoinCollector2012 This shipment below will have me 2 holes away from having the 65-98 part complete. This shipment will have the 95, 96, and 97 S Silver proofs in it. I have the 94 and 98 on their way. WOOT!  Next up is my 1950 S. Once that's in I'm complete from 1950-1998.  |
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Awesome set, one day I might start this, but I want to finish my Franklin halves first. |
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Very nice set so far. I am building a Washington set as well. It can be challenging at times. Good luck and great set !
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That's a sick set. You should PM me often as I've gone down the same road and still am! The best buy for the money right now are those clads. You can buy raw 65+ coins for a dollar @ shows and B&M's still but that's NOT going to last. Focus on that if you still have the time! The silver stuff is going to remain relatively constant. Dave sells very accurately graded coins btw. You're not going to ever "underpay" with him but you'll never get a dog for the grade or undergrade... ever. All things equal, you almost always get what you pay for in this series.
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AWESOME! first off let me say very cool book!! Mine just got in the mail today. Ill start filling the holes.when I get home. As far as the type b I felt the same way and I ended up collecting them all and ironically bought a 1960 mint set the other day and acquired yet another type b, A really fun quarter to hunt for is the 1964 D with the reverse of 1965. Thats a scarce find!! Congrats and way to go very awesome book!! I just completed my 1950-2014 proof quarters with the landing of my 1950 proof I dont have all the clad proofs from 1992-2014 but there silver proof cousins have the seniority. Edited by rupester
03/27/2014 01:26 am
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WashQuartJesse - You're right on the clads. I figured that out early on...and bought all the clads at once. I got most of them from Dave and if I remember correct he gave me a break on shipping or something like that which let me get them for even a little less. Unfortunately where I'm at there is not a really good B&M, at least one that has a good focus on numismatics...there's tons of pawn shops, and "we buy gold" shops that may have the occasional good find in their case. Just a couple weeks ago I scored some nice 62 and 63 proofs at an antique mall here in town. Rupster - yes, I've been keepin' an eye out for that 64s with the 65 reverse...I'll prolly look something like this when I find one   Glad you two enjoyed the album...i know I do  |
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Nice going so far. You might want to go to a bank and buy a lot of Quarters. Never can tell, might find lots more to fill holes. Your set looks like your going for really high grades. That will get tuff on the early ones. I have several sets of those but mine are all in Whitman Classic Albums. I like the Blue color better. Shows off Silver coins better than a Dansco. Keep up the good work and show us the completed set soon.
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