The Hook: The Quarter Struck During the Mint's Three-Year Disappearing Act
The Story: Facing a severe national coin shortage and rising silver prices, the U.S. Mint suspended traditional proof and uncirculated set production entirely from 1965 through 1967, and stripped mintmarks off every coin it struck in that window. In their place came the Special Mint Set — a higher-pressure strike on specially polished dies, aimed at a finish better than ordinary uncirculated coinage but short of true proof quality.
The Object: Washington quarter, Special Mint Set strike, no mintmark (by design — mintmarks were suspended 1965–1967), copper-nickel clad composition — 1965 was the first year the quarter left silver behind entirely. PCGS certified Specimen 67, with a notably sharp strike and satiny brilliance uncommon for early clad-era coinage.
The Curation: Encapsulated by PCGS, archivally stored, certification independently verifiable.
The Case & The Acquisition: For collectors of the 1965–1967 Special Mint Set run and type-set builders who want a coin from the exact three-year window when U.S. coinage changed composition and lost its mintmarks at the same time. Offered at $84.
The Hook: The Quarter Struck During the Mint's Three-Year Disappearing Act
The Story: Facing a severe national coin shortage and rising silver prices, the U.S. Mint suspended traditional proof and uncirculated set production entirely from 1965 through 1967, and stripped mintmarks off every coin it struck in that window. In their place came the Special Mint Set — a higher-pressure strike on specially polished dies, aimed at a finish better than ordinary uncirculated coinage but short of true proof quality.
The Object: Washington quarter, Special Mint Set strike, no mintmark (by design — mintmarks were suspended 1965–1967), copper-nickel clad composition — 1965 was the first year the quarter left silver behind entirely. PCGS certified Specimen 67, with a notably sharp strike and satiny brilliance uncommon for early clad-era coinage.
The Curation: Encapsulated by PCGS, archivally stored, certification independently verifiable.
The Case & The Acquisition: For collectors of the 1965–1967 Special Mint Set run and type-set builders who want a coin from the exact three-year window when U.S. coinage changed composition and lost its mintmarks at the same time. Offered at $84.
