1964 Proof quarter type B

[texascoinguy]

Would these pictures conform with a type B quarter?

The tip of the A seems to be touching the leaf.
Same with the U
The M seems to bracket the IB
and there seems to be the requisite amount of room between the E and the S

But I'm no expert.

Can y'all help?

Thanks!

[Paul]

hugeeyes TYPE 'B' WQ REVERSE LINK

[PetesPockets55]

Very nice pics of the proofs. I could be wrong but my understanding is that all proofs will have this reverse. It is the business strikes (MS60-67) that are the varieties. Following the "trail of links" Palh1 provided will take you to a great site that specializes in these business strike varieties. One PUP (pick up point) they use involves the letters at the tail feathers. Can you add a pic of the front and back of the coin as well as the tail feather/arrow area? Thanks for your post.

[Paul]

:eureka:
yes, the "VARIETY" here is the 'type b' reverse, the "proof reverse", that was used by mistake on the 'business strike run'...

[texascoinguy]

Sorry guys! I didn't mean to say "proof quarter" because it's actually not a proof. Its a 1964 P.

Here's a full picture of the quarter

[texascoinguy]

Here's the picture of the feathers and the arrows

[Paul]

picture/coin mix-up??
pic 1 is reg pf or business?...
pic 2-4 is a cam proof?....
:confused:

[2centsal]

oooow, oooow Pick me pick me! What's the difference between a Proof and a Cameo Proof and how can you tell ? Don't say by experience either , as a Novice how can I tell ? :sos:
Also, is Paul correct texascoinguy ? Do you have your Pics mixed up ? I noticed the Dates you took the Pics are different so maybe you mixed up the Pics like Paul said. If anyone is an expert at seeing this, it would be him . Hey Paul, don't say I never complimented you . widegrin
I'm sure we will straighten this out . HERE's another LINK :
http://www.washingtontype-b.com/

[Paul]

sal,
in the first set of pics, see the 'orange-peel' (aka frost) looking surface on the tops of the lettering in pics
2-4?....& the 'smooth'-ish surface in pic 1?
as for proofs, really need to hugeeyes first hand....for me that is:
:eureka:
"i classify" them as:
1. proof - smooth devices
2. cameo proof - 'frost' devices
3. ultra deep (ud) cameo proof - these are hit 3,4,5 times,....& have a 'deep rich frosty' look to them, with 'high mirror' fields

[2centsal]

:w Wow, you really know your sh** . I allows thought Proofs were stuce just 3x. How are they struck sometimes up to 5 times ? Are you talking about US Coins struck more than the usual 3 and is that by Error or done intentionally to boost the Value ?
I have this Krug. Does it look struck more than 3 times. Excuse me for deviating from the topic here for a moment ya'all .

[Paul]

business1 coins are hit once,..... proofs, ucam's, ud cam's, are "multi-hit/struk". the more times they strike it, the nicer they get2.
you really need a scope like mine ($1000) to hugeeyes the number of hits. it's VERY TRICKY to adjust angle, lighting, focus....so on, to really see the 'micro-seperation' on the angled edges of the devices to see the hit count, for coins that don't shift/move around.

remember, i've been using scopes long before they even came out to the general public.....
:eureka:
1. coins made for general circulation
2. i remember a post about the 'west point' gold proofs, that were a 5x hit

[Paul]

i found an image while cleaning/sorting/organizing my pic library....& remembered this post

:eureka:
here is the coin edge 'reeding' on a 1961 washington quarter PROOF.
if you look closely, you can see how the planchet 'shifted' ever-so-slightly between hits....