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1946-S Washington Quarter

Over time, the Washington quarter has frequently been overlooked. Even when we might have expected significant numbers of quarter collectors in the 1950s, it was still too expensive for many of the collectors of the time who were generally young and on very limited budgets.

Another reason for some probably overlooking the Washington quarter is that it was really seen as a two-coin set. The two were the 1932-D with a

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