"S" means San Francisco, "D" means Denver, and no mint mark means Philadelphia. San Francisco mint quarters would normally be proof coins. Some, but not most, proofs are silver rather than the usual nickel-copper-clad coins. Proof coins lose most of their value once they enter circulation.
http://coins.about.com/od/coinvalues/l/bl_state_quarter_values_coins_prices.htm http://lynncoins.com/proof-silver-quarters.htm Dan On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do? > > Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters than > I do? > > I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me. > > Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the state > quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on my > jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less > than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999. > > Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once in a > while I sort through the piles and separate them by state & put 'em into > plastic tubes. > > Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get enough > to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by year. > > Anyway, I'm rambling ... > > I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the pile I > hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a 'D' > quarter. > > Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter. > > I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular clad > quarter. > > Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
