Two 1852-O quarters

rhedden

1852-O is a difficult date (among many) in the Liberty Seated quarter series. I presently have two of them in my collection. One of them is PCGS F12 with original skin, but a few old marks. The other is PCGS XF details, cleaned. Details are strong for XF, and the cleaning is not so bad, but the secondary toning is not attractive.

Why can I not bear to sell the XF details coin? I've had it for years, and I would realize a nice profit if I sold it. I just can't let go of it when I know how difficult the coin is in higher grades. Just thought I'd share these two for comments.

Colonialcoin

Your XF details coin is not bad!! I don’t blame you for not parting with it. The best one that I ever had was an ag-g with some problems.

Walkerguy21D

Thanks for sharing.
I have no problem keeping duplicates of better date coins, problems or not.
Maybe it’s just the hoarder in me....

fastfreddie

That's pretty good detail for an f12 considering the striking problems they had that year. I agree the xf details isn't half bad. Besides you have one from each known die pairs! Mine is 1-A like your f12+ I was lucky to get mine in p40 off ebay when you could still find decent coins at decent prices. Its a little fugly but I'm ok with her.

rhedden

Freddie, I would call that coin non-fugly for the date!

fastfreddie

I did say little... Needs a good soak.

rhedden

Needs nothing but the company of some friends (in other words, the rest of the Seated quarter set)! He who loves Seated material must learn to love the crust too.

hchcoin

I really like the look of the F12.

ricko

Both are nice coins... and the XF has nice detail and that is why you keep it.... I would as well...Cheers, RickO

asheland

I like the color and surfaces on the lower graded one.

johnny9434

i like the top one as well. its in its own skin

lkenefic

Yeah, 1852-O is definitely one of the more challenging dates and that you have two is a testimony to dedication. I also prefer the original skin on the F12 piece, and see this as an excellent addition to any midgrade set . The old toning and hairlines on the Details piece are a bit more distracting to me, but then again, spending over $3k on one when you have a nice F12 piece would be difficult for me to justify. That said, I absolutely love the details, and the muted mint luster in the devices is amazing... and almost near impossible to find in this issue without spending moon money... and waiting for a very long time if/when one becomes available.

Solomon had an easier decision...

Enjoy. ..

291fifth

The F12 piece has a very nice, original look to it. The cleaned piece, as you said, has unattractive toning. If this were the coin market of thirty years ago I would have recommended keeping both coins. Today I would only recommend keeping the F12 coin. Take your profit on the XF, cleaned piece while you can. Don't hold on to problem coins.

rhedden

I generally agree with disposing of problem coins because they're not so liquid. Then again, one man's problem coin is another's treasure.

One problem Seated quarter I sold a couple years back had signs of tooling. Someone put five deliberate marks on the edge of the rock near Ms. Liberty's sandal. They were very small, old, and toned over, but there were five deliberate parallel marks, like someone was trying to carve some toes out. They were tiny, but deep enough to move metal. The coin otherwise had sweet, original surfaces, but the obviously intentional marks bothered me, so I sold it (raw) at a 10% loss and kept a somewhat lower graded example in a PCGS holder.

I saw the tooled coin for sale a few months later in a PCGS holder graded 5 points higher than my details grade.

Then I saw it a few months later in the same holder with a CAC bean.

Everyone makes mistakes, right?