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Help me grade this crusty bust quarter......

DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Does it make a fine?

"Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

"“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)

"I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)

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  • sellitstoresellitstore Posts: 3,053 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, I think that it does. Detail in hair is fine or better and reverse looks full VF. Lack of detail in face area looks to be due to soft strike. I'd say F15.

    Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Obverse looks ag to g to me at best. Is this a rare variety?

  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DIMEMAN said:
    Obverse looks ag to g to me at best. Is this a rare variety?

    Type B-4 (I think) and it's an R3.

    There's none rarer for the 1828 25c.

    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

    "“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)

    "I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
  • ColonialcoinColonialcoin Posts: 741 ✭✭✭✭

    Something looks weird about the coin. The surfaces do not look nice either. If you can, try to hold off for a more eye appealing coin.

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Colonialcoin said:
    Something looks weird about the coin. The surfaces do not look nice either. If you can, try to hold off for a more eye appealing coin.

    I agree....that's why I ask about rarity. Wait for a nice one.

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,815 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There is no way that coin makes Fine. The "LIBERTY" on the headband is not a grading point on these coins. It can show on a piece in AG or even Fair.

    I think that it makes VG-7 if it has a tailwind. The reverse is better, but that is not a factor. Most early coins that are graded Good are horrible. That's where the tailwind comes into play.

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  • Desert MoonDesert Moon Posts: 5,992 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DoubleEagle59 said:

    Type B-4 (I think) and it's an R3.

    There's none rarer for the 1828 25c.

    ??? Er, the B2 and B3 are R5 coins. In fact the B3 25/50 there may be 75 extant, pretty rare, not relatively common like the B4.

    Bill is correct, it if it gradeable Maybe 10 on the reverse and 6 on the obv. for a net of 7 (obv. always counts more).

    Best, SH

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  • scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VG8 is my sense. The obverse keeps it from fine, particularly the worn away drapery on the bust’s...bust.

  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,377 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Regarding my error about the rarity of this coin........just goes to show you what I know!!

    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

    "“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)

    "I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The reverse makes Fine if that's any consolation. The obverse appears to have been poorly struck up judging from the mushy remaining detail. To me the coin easily makes VG8 even with a somewhat fugly obverse.

  • scubafuelscubafuel Posts: 1,941 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The rarest 1828 is likely the B-1, assuming it has the retained cud on the reverse...

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