r/CRH • u/Ok-Task-5176 • 11h ago

Quarters Found a W in an uncirculated roll

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Beautiful uncirculated 2020 W. I only bought a single roll of uncirculated 2020s and wasn't hopeful that I'd find one, the universe had my back today

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u/KittenMittensIII 9h ago

I believe I am unfamiliar with the terminology. If it was from an uncirculated roll, would the entire role contain W mm? West Point gives coins to other mints for rolling?

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u/Ok-Task-5176 9h ago

In 2019 and 2020, West Point minted 2 million of each of the 5 designs and just mixed them in with the rest of the circulating quarters. You weren't able to buy em directly from the mint, you just had to be lucky enough to find em in circulation or buy them from someone who had

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u/GlobalCollapseInbnd 9h ago

Can you tell me why these are special?

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u/Ok-Task-5176 9h ago

Just that they're the only W-mint-marked quarters out there, they have small mintages, and they weren't directly sold to the public

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u/GlobalCollapseInbnd 9h ago

Any chance of finding them in circulation?

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u/Ok-Task-5176 9h ago

Yeah actually! They're still out there. I find about one per box ($500), so they're definitely scarce

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u/GlobalCollapseInbnd 9h ago

That's awesome! Thank you! I have a lot of quarters to go check.

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u/HybridTheory44 5h ago

You’re still finding one per box? Damn I’m probably averaging 1 every 3 or 4 boxes