Bill Jones' Basic Type set
25C BICENTENNIAL (1976)

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In October 1973 the United States Treasury Department announced that it would hold a contest redesign the quarter, half dollar and dollar to celebrate the Bicentennial era. The winner of the contest for the quarter was Jack L. Ahr. Ahr’s design featured a colonial drummer boy with a victory torch surrounded by 13 stars. Many collectors, perhaps a majority of collectors, thought that Jack Ahr’s design was the best of the three Bicentennial designs. The obverse of the coin was the standard portrait of George Washington. In 1975 and ‘76, the coins carried the duel dates, 1776 – 1976. In 1977 the Treasury resumed the standard date and reverse. During those two years, the San Francisco mint issued just over 7 million Bicentennial Clad Proof quarters. As a result, this coin is quite common in Proof, but only a small minority of pieces has the frosted, ultra cameo devices seen on this piece.