(1776 Bicentennial)1976 S Silver-Clad Washington Quarter Brilliant Uncirculated

In October of 1973, the Treasury announced an open contest for the selection of suitable design for the Bicentennial reverses of the quarter, half dollar, and dollar, with $5,000 to be awarded to each winner. Twelve semifinalists were chosen, and from these the symbolic entry of Jack L. Ahr was selected for the quarter reverse. It features a military drummer facing left, with a victory torch encircled by 13 stars at the upper left. Except for the dual dating, "1776-1976" the obverse remained unchanged. Pieces with this dual dating were coined during 975 and 1976. They were struck for general circulation and included in all the Mint's offerings of Proof and Uncirculated sets.

The mintage was 11,000,000 but then in 1982 approximately 7 million of these were melted. Bringing their new mintage to about 4,000,000.

1976 S Silver-Clad Washington Quarter BU