The Lost Coins of Alexander the Great

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Treasure Hunters(https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-d4a6df1b-995d-4d0d-a562-43bd47b86afb)

Numismatist or Masochist? Searching for W Quarters

Find a quarter. Seriously, dig one out of your pocket, purse, glove compartment, whereever. Now look at the obverse side - that's the one with George Washington's head - for asmall letter beneath "In God We Trust." Almost all of the quarters you come across day to day will have a P or a D. Those branch mintmarks tell whether a quarter was made inPhiladelphia or Denver.

If your quarter is still shiny and new, it may have a W mintmark. If so, hold onto it; they're a rarity.

Only 10 million W quarters have ever been made, and they were all produced in 2019. By comparison, a combined 1.65 billion quarters were made in Denver and Philadelphia. Only0.6% of last year's quarters were produced at West Point, and their purpose was to spur interest in numismatics.

One coin collector that took the bait was Holyoke's Jerry Brandt, who's spent an approximate 150 hours searching for W quarters. To date, he has 30 to show for his efforts.

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NUMISMATIST OR MASOCHIST? (https://www.holyokeenterprise.com/local/numismatist-or-masochist)