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Interesting 1942-S Quarter

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Below is a photo of a quarter in my personal collection that I cherrypicked at a major show many years ago. It is the 1940-D that exhibits a totally separated extra "D" wide west of the primary "D" mint mark. It is listed in the CPG Guide as FS-012.4 and to the best of my knowledge -- they are still pretty tuff to find. The reason why I show this '40-D is that it illustrates widely separated RPM's on the quarter series are documented and does not set a precedent.

 

1940dquarterp1.jpg

 

Now with that said, I have included two photos of a 1942-S quarter with raised remnants totally separated and wide west of the primary "S" mint mark. This '42-S quarter was sent to me from a collector quite a while back. To date I have not been able to come across another one. I have placed arrows pointing to raised remnants.

 

1942squarterp1.jpg

 

This next photo is the same but with an overlay of the "S" placed over those raised remnants. Is it possible and I emphasize the word possible, that we could have another totally separated RPM in the quarter series? Of course it could be an interesting die gouge or some other weird anomaly. But -- it makes one think of the possibilities here especially when you compare with the similarities to the 1940-D totally separated RPM?

 

1942squarterp2.jpg

 

Do any of you have any '42-S quarters? I sure would like to find another for comparison and/or might exhibit additional remnants to help confirm or for that matter disprove.

 

Have a great day ...

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Interesting prospect; but, as you say, inconclusive. A strange phenomenon with OVDs and RPDs is that the partially effaced digit or letter becomes more pronounced in the later die stages, at least as seen on the 1883/2 Shield 5c. I know it's counterintuitive, but . . . .

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Interesting prospect; but, as you say, inconclusive. A strange phenomenon with OVDs and RPDs is that the partially effaced digit or letter becomes more pronounced in the later die stages, at least as seen on the 1883/2 Shield 5c. I know it's counterintuitive, but . . . .

 

I agree with you.

 

The main thrust of this post is to get collectors to look at their 42-S quarters. Who knows -- might find another that would bring confirmation, whether proving or disproving.

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For those of you who might be interested, I posted this topic across the street. It turned into something totally else over there. I'm shocked!!! With me being a variety enthusiast -- why didn't I see this????? A classic not seeing the tree for the forest.

 

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