Mint Director David Ryder personally mixed some of the new “W” quarters in with a bag of coins headed to Philadelphia.US Mint
A change is coming to your change.
The U.S. Mint is releasing a limited amount of “America the Beautiful” quarters with the “W” mint mark into circulation, a first for the Mint in 227 years. The “W” notation is for West Point, where the coins will be produced.
The majority of minted coins in the U.S. carry a “D” for Denver or “P” for Philadelphia. While West Point has produced quarters in the past, they didn’t carry their own mint mark and were indistinguishable from the Philadelphia quarters, the mint said.
