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ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
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1835 Capped Bust Quarter

Thanks to the recommendations of David Lawrence by people on this forum, I went ahead with the purchase. Win Callendar told me he'd rate it a 7 or 8 on a 1 to 10 scale for the grade (which is the quality of coin I like); a better than average but not PQ coin. He said its luster is quite good.

Fortunately, I have a 10 day window re the approval of the coin & the credit card does not get paid until the end of January.
"Vou invadir o Nordeste,
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."

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  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,714 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeow, that is sweet, just beautiful.
  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭
    Very nice Catch. Beautiful!!!


    "The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    That's a nice coin, Elcontador!

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    Oh my,I'll bet you and your son are going to fight over that oneimage----------BigE
    I'm glad I am a Tree
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Will said that there's a thin contact mark to the right of Miss Liberty's head (which does not show up in the image) which keeps the coin in its current holder. I appreciate that kind of candor combined with the 10 day return privilege.

    I've been looking at 4s for the last year & haven't found a really nice for the grade coin yet. Should get it next week.
    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
    "Sou Mangueira......."
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    Let us know how it looks in person.
    image
    Obscurum per obscurius
  • lazeroolazeroo Posts: 296
    looks like a nice unit to me .

    and yes there expensive right now.

    DL is always a good place to buy coins. they will give you a very accurate discription of the coin.
    may the force be with you.



    rob.
  • OgdenOgden Posts: 435 ✭
    Boy, that's a beautiful coin!!! Way out of my league! Congrats!! I think I could look at that all day long.

    Ogden
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Wow!!

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    .....GOD
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  • shylockshylock Posts: 4,288 ✭✭✭
    Well, I won't be buying anything else for awhile... The last time you said that you blew me away with your Classic Half Cent, MS65RB -- hope this Bust Quarter lives up to that one Jeff.
    Paul <> altered surfaces <> CoinGallery.org
  • BigEBigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭
    Maybe you should crak it out and re-submit it-----BigE
    I'm glad I am a Tree
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for all of your great responses, but I want to give a little something back. If you didn't tell me that David Lawrence was one of the
    "good guys," even with their 10 day no questions asked return policy, I still would not have bought the coin. This is one of the great features of this forum.

    This is a sizeable chunk of change for me and I'm going to have to stretch to pay for it, but I've been looking for a nice 4 for a good year and up to this point, have not found one.

    Big E - I try to buy nice coins for the grade so I don't have to / or am
    not tempted to submit them. Win said this was a solid, very nice 4 but not a PQ coin. If it was PQ, they would have priced it higher than they did. However, to the extent grading standards have changed re a particular coin I own, I may have to make an exception to this.

    Paul - I picked up that 1/2 Cent at just under Greysheet bid at an auction. I still don't understand how I got it so cheaply and without much competition. Will we get you out here for the next Long Beach Show?
    Apparently I just missed you in September by maybe 15 minutes.

    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
    "Sou Mangueira......."
  • PushkinPushkin Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭

    WOW! imageimageimage What a beauty! image

    Nice going!image
  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Elcontador

    It looks like a beauty! Let us know how things work out.
    The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it possible for an empire to rise without His aid? Benjamin Franklin
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,737 ✭✭✭
    That is just a terrific coin, way to go.
  • toyonakatarotoyonakataro Posts: 407 ✭✭✭
    Elcontador
    Congrats, you finally got what you were looking for a while, right?image
    Hard to tell from the pic, but the one you linked looks much much better than the lots from B&M sale this summer.
  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085 ✭
    A Classy Classic...Very Nice!!!
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
  • TrimeTrime Posts: 1,863 ✭✭✭
    Great strike!
    Enjoy!
    Trime
  • BigD5BigD5 Posts: 3,433 ✭
    Very nice!! The quarter has an excellent "look" to it. Congrats!
    BigD5
    LSCC#1864

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  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,523 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Okay, I got the coin, took it home, turned off all of the lights except for the halogen lamp in the
    study & looked at it with a magnifying glass.

    Thank you David Lawrence. This is the first honest 4 I've seen.
    1) The strike is excellent
    2) The surfaces are original and it has very few marks for the grade. Miss Liberty's face and
    neck are surprisingly clean.
    3) There is cartwheel luster, but it's a bit subdued -- this is how an Unc. silver coin over 100 years old is supposed to look. I have a Seated $ in 3 that looks a bit like this.
    4) It has an interesting die crack above the eagle to near the right rim (reverse).
    5) Why it didn't make a 5
    a) There's a thin scratch between stars 10 and 12. It's not deep and it doesn't jump out at
    you.
    b) There is a short, deeper scratch between the eagle's right wing and it head.
    c) My gut feeling is that in a 5 holder, one or the other may be allowed, but not both.

    Can some attribute the variety? The date has a high 3, so I'm assuming it's a Browning 1, 2 or 3.
    According to Breen, Browning 3 has small dentils on the reverse & more die cracks (I think this is
    correct, I don't have his book available right now).


    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
    "Sou Mangueira......."
  • mbbikermbbiker Posts: 2,873 ✭
    Very nice coin, glad you like it.
    Gold + Silver for sale on BST, Eagles, Pandas, ATB's...
  • toyonakatarotoyonakataro Posts: 407 ✭✭✭
    I'm getting to learn how difficult it is to get a totally pleasing coin.
    Congrats, againimage
  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The subdued luster probably has just as much to do with keeping it out of a 65 holder as the scratches. 64's provide a lot of value - glad you like the coin! image
    Early Dollar Set
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    Great Coin - congratulations
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