Bill Jones' Type Set
25c WASHINGTON, BICENTENNIAL, CLAD 1976


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: QUARTER DOLLARS - WASHINGTON, PROOF
Item Description: 25C 1776-1976 S CLAD
Grade: PCGS PF 69 UC
Owner: BillJones
 
Winning Set: Bill Jones' Type Set
Date Added: 3/4/2007
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

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. <br /><br />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.

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