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One of my areas of concentration, as far as searching is concerned, is circulated Washington clad quarters. I search a lot of them and they are difficult because so many are damaged and heavily worn. However I have found many nice doubled dies mainly in the early clad years.
Recent finds included 1970 d (DDR-001) and 1970 d (DDR-002). Both of these coins are listed in CONECA's variety master listings with the comment "Can be found in mint sets". They are also listed in the Cherrypickers' Guide with the comments "This variety has reportedly been found in Mint sets" and "This variety can be found in Mint sets".
My understanding is that other than the, special mint set years (65,66,67) and the "satin" mint set years starting in 2005, there is no distinction between coins released into circulation and coins put into mint sets. Comments such as those listed above do not mean that these varieties are "only" found in mint sets! The purpose of these comments being to inform the reader that some of these varieties have been found in mint sets.
When I first started searching and I saw a comment like "This variety can be found in mint sets" I would skip over it since I wasn't searching mint set coins. I did not realize that the comment did not mean that the variety was exclusively contained in mint sets.
The purpose of my post is to see if my understanding is correct and if so possibly save someone else from making the same mistake that I did.
Thank you,
Hellgee
Recent finds included 1970 d (DDR-001) and 1970 d (DDR-002). Both of these coins are listed in CONECA's variety master listings with the comment "Can be found in mint sets". They are also listed in the Cherrypickers' Guide with the comments "This variety has reportedly been found in Mint sets" and "This variety can be found in Mint sets".
My understanding is that other than the, special mint set years (65,66,67) and the "satin" mint set years starting in 2005, there is no distinction between coins released into circulation and coins put into mint sets. Comments such as those listed above do not mean that these varieties are "only" found in mint sets! The purpose of these comments being to inform the reader that some of these varieties have been found in mint sets.
When I first started searching and I saw a comment like "This variety can be found in mint sets" I would skip over it since I wasn't searching mint set coins. I did not realize that the comment did not mean that the variety was exclusively contained in mint sets.
The purpose of my post is to see if my understanding is correct and if so possibly save someone else from making the same mistake that I did.
Thank you,
Hellgee
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