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1871 Seated Quarter - Where was it struck?

MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

Can you figure it out from the obverse die?

Andy Lustig

Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,693 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2, 2023 3:28PM

    It looks like a 71-cc with dentical date relation as well as shield design area

  • kazkaz Posts: 9,185 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MOst likely an S, but can't rule out P. (Looking in Briggs)

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2, 2023 6:49PM

    @jdimmick said:
    It looks like a 71-cc with dentical date relation as well as shield design area

    That was my initial thought. Now trying to figure out if I was right. Here's an image from Heritage. In the lot description, they note that "A single die pair was used to strike all the quarters, classified as Briggs 1-A in the standard series reference. The obverse shows repunching (triple punching) on both 1s in the date. The first 1 shows evidence of two underlying 1s both below the base and at the underside of the flag (although this appears as double-punching on lower-grade coins). The last 1's peak shows two underlying punches and a three-step "notched" effect atop the right serif. Two small lumps of die rust appear to the right of the Y in LIBERTY in the drapery."

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OK, so it's not Carson City.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,262 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are there any significant reeding differences in this year?

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • maymay Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ok, I’m dying to know!! :D

    Type collector, mainly into Seated. -formerly Ownerofawheatiehorde. Good BST transactions with: mirabela, OKCC, MICHAELDIXON, Gerard

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