Yesterday I actually used cash to buy something, and I received 50 cents in change. I put it in my pocket and left. That night, I happened to feel the two quarters in my pocket and a lifetime as a coin collector I was forced to look at what they were by instinct. I have a lot of silver coins from my youth from that habit.
On the left, the quarter we all know from back in 1976 era, but the same portrait for many decades.
On the right, WTF, George is looking to the right, not the left, and wait is that a pony tail? When did George grow a distinct ponytail? And his head is "zoomed in" as he has less neck, so his head is larger. On the old quarter it looks like some ruffles on his collar, or maybe that is a ponytail, I never really noticed.
On the back is an image of Bessy Coleman looking at an airplane.
I grabbed this image from the internet.
In my younger days I would be buying some sets from the Mint to stuff in the safe with the other coins. Now, I don't care much. They are not worth much more than face value for most of the sets from the mint.
Anyway, just an interesting change to the portrait of ol George.