1858 Seated Qtr
LeeG
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Hoping to get some grade and variety help on this one. Thanks, Lee
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From the image, it is difficult to either grade or attribute. But here goes anyway:
GRADE: Again, tough to tell without having the coin in hand. If I were bidding from that image, I would guess AU-50. Does the coin have luster? Any hairlines?
VARIETY: There are many varieties for this date, as it is very common. I would guess that you have obverse 4, which is suppose to be married to reverse D, but I can't tell from the pic. Seated quarters is not my "thing", so maybe a Std Qtr specialist can add to this......
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As for the numeric grade, hard to tell from the small size of the scan and inability to see hairlines, whether the toning is masking blemishes, and so on.
Yes it does look very proof-like from the photos. I'll take a stab at MS65.
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Tough to say from the pic, though- maybe it's an originally-toned UNC coin, for all I know.
Could be a proof, I think, unless a specialist in the series can tell this isn't a proof die.
I am not a specialist, but that die does NOT appear to be diagnostic of a proof die, per Brigg's book on Std Quarters. The date is in the wrong position. That's why I was hinting about luster and hairlines. May be cleaned. Just dunno from the images. Need the coin in hand.
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As Dennis said, it looks somewhat like Obverse 4. But it's not Reverse D, as it's not the compass point reverse.
I've specialized in this series many years now. Maybe 15.
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