Coins of 1874 ~ Official Thread

Manifest_Destiny

The coinage of 1874 isn't as interesting as preceding years. 1873 saw the elimination of the 2c piece, 3c silver, half dime, and standard dollar, and the introduction of the trade dollar, along with a weight standard change for minor silver coins resulting in arrows and no arrows varieties. The 1874 coinage is mundane by comparison. In my chosen collecting area, seated quarters, 1874 offers a respite from the super rarities of the series, since no Carson City quarters were coined. The 1874-cc dime is the key to the seated dime set however. Overall, 1874 has it's share of scarce coins and is often overlooked following in the footsteps of the 1873 issues.

tradedollarnut

Eldorado9

coinbuf

I have only this one coin from 1874 to add, purchased from a forum member photo by Mark Goodman.

lermish

I never thought of it that way but I guess you're right...74 was the calm before the storm when it comes to T$s.

HoledandCreative

DDR

ex-TDN

ChangeInHistory

Barberian

@ChangeInHistory said:

Interesting mule.

Edited to add that I love the half dollar reverse. That's a choice Fine.

ldhair

Walkerguy21D

No longer mine, and no longer raw, it went to a forum member last year:

CoinHoarder

LJenkins11

Barberian

1874-S SLH die marriages
WB1 (Obv. 1, Rev. A) - LeeroyBrown's excellent VF30, eldorado9's "King of the 74-Ss"

WB2 - (Obv. 2, Rev. B ) F02 - purchased for illustrative purposes to show barely recognizable Obverse 2 arrow positioning.

WB3 - (Obv. 2, Rev. C)

WB4 - (Obv. 3, Rev. D )

WB5 - (Obv. 1, Rev. B ) - NGC MS66, NGC plate coin for 74-S. NGC failed to recognize it as a new die marriage in their discussion of die marriages for the date.

WB5 - FO2 - failed purchase for illustrative purposes to show barely recognizable Obverse 1 arrow positioning. Dang it, I wanted a cheap one!

Barberian

Comparing WB2 (Obverse 2) with WB5 (Obverse 1) - note the location and orientation of the arrows relative to the date.

WB2 - right arrow even with "4," left arrow shaft points to serif of "1"

WB5 - right arrow below top of "4," left arrow shaft points to below serif of "1"

LJenkins11

To say the 1874-S 50C is challenging is an understatement, especially in nice original circulated examples. ... I'm still in pursuit of one.

oldabeintx

TennesseeDave

oldabeintx

tommy44

Dirty old gold 1874-CC $5 bugger in nose variety.

BillJones

Same coin, different angle. The NGC grade is PR-66

This is not a nice Proof, but I bought it because I was getting "Seated Liberty burn out" as a collector.

rnkmyer1

Beautifully toned 3* rated IHC

Eldorado9

Great thread, and what an amazing group of coins!

Crepidodera

PCGS VF35 gold CAC


NGC AU58 CAC

Catbert

BloodMan

1874 $20 NGC AU58 CAC ex Eliasberg

jesbroken

Ex jesbroken 1874 w/arrows.
Jim

winesteven

@Walkerguy21D said:
No longer mine, and no longer raw, it went to a forum member last year:

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I think my 1874 is THIS coin (just look at the placement of the few tiny carbon flecks on the obverse).

I bought it from @Relaxn in May 2022. This was used to help complete my “Unique” Indian Head Cent set, where every coin merits both a CAC sticker AND an Eagle Eye Photo Seal! Redundant? Absolutely. But I learned that JA of CAC and Rick Snow put different “weights” on each of the various factors used to judge a coin. As such, that’s why CAC will not sticker some coins with a Photo Seal, and Rick will not PS some coins with a CAC sticker. Having each coin merit BOTH stickers is having the best of both worlds!

I asked for help on this forum in putting my set together. @Relaxn emailed me photos of this coin raw, and I let him know I would pay him handsomely if it graded at least MS65RB, AND got BOTH stickers. Sure enough, it did!

Rick Snow’s PDS Score for this coin is 14 (4,5,5), and Rick says it’s 85% Red (15 is the top PDS score). My set is currently ranked #6.

Thanks again for your help!

Steve

HoledandCreative

HoledandCreative

TennesseeDave

retirednow

@Manifest_Destiny said:
The coinage of 1874 isn't as interesting as preceding years. .... The 1874 coinage is mundane by comparison. "

Hum ... Mundane you say? here is my 1874 Double dime (20C Piece) J-1355. One year before 20 Cent piece production.

HoledandCreative

TennesseeDave

HoledandCreative