1815 Capped Bust Quarters

Baley

1815 Capped bust quarters were the first US quarters minted since 1807. Designed by John Reich, 89,235 pieces were coined of 6.74 grams of .8924 fine silver.





There is one die variety, though another 1815 obverse was later overdated to 1818/5. There are three major die states, i. Perfect Dies ii. Clash Marks both sides iii. Dies Lapped, Clash Marks Gone. There are also several coins mysteriously countermarked E or L over the corresponding letter in LIBERTY.

In this thread, the first in a series on Capped Bust Quarters, collectors can ask questions, show pictures, and discuss minting of 1815 and other early quarters.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>1815 Capped Bust Quarters >>

Yes, please.

Particularly THAT one. Hubba hubba. (Except for whatever that is on the obverse).

lordmarcovan

I have seen discussion and pictures of the counterstamped ones in Bowers' American Coin Treasures & Hoards and think they're really interesting. Who here has one?

Baley

Thanks LM, but it's not my coin. Here's my humble specimen:

LanLord

I have a few bust quarters (actually quite a few) but oddly enough, I can't find any pics of them.

It is a very addicting series of coins.

TahoeDale

This one was owned until recently. Obtained a very nice result at a FUN sale.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Thanks LM, but it's not my coin. Here's my humble specimen: >>

Humble or hubba-hubba, I like 'em all.

Yours is much more up my alley.

Best I've had was a PCGS VF25.

lordmarcovan

TahoeDale's attachment. Awesome.



PS: I daresay even more awesome to my eyes than the first coin in this thread.

Longacre

This is a very attractive series, and the coins still have a nice look when worn.

robkool

I have a mid-grade one that I've purchase about 3 years ago from a coin dealer for about $ 120 bucks. Not sure if I want to submitt it to PCGS. It could come back as a F 15 or VF 20... I'll try to post a pic of the coin for any suggestions.

EricSan

HA! Baley, I was going to ask if you planned to crack that one out for your Dansco until I read that it is not yours

Eric

mozin

Baley,

Thanks for starting this neat thread. Here is a countermarked 1815 sent to me by a Bust Quarter collector who is enjoying this thread, but has not yet joined the CU forum.

LanLord

Countermark is kinda cool, TahoeDale's has the exact same thing, sorta makes things interesting. Anyone know who did that or why?

Baley

This thread has some information about the counterstamps

Another one

And another

numisma

Here's another good thread on this subject

ttown

I sure would like to find a good orginial F12/VG10 for my series, these are tough.

Varlis

This is a great series (and a great series of threads). Let's see some more! Here's the 1815 in my date set. (Sorry, I don't have a reverse pic.)

thisnamztaken

1815's are very tough to locate in all grades in problem-free, original condition, and all the more so in PCGS slabs!

NumisOxide

Some beautiful coins!

RTS

This is a very attractive series, and the coins still have a nice look when worn.: Longacre.

My 1815 in the picture below (if I remember correctly was an overly-generous NGC 53)...as Mr. Longacre
mentioned these quarters can be attractive in the lower grades...the 1824 pictured is/was a
PCGS F15 and to me a very pleasing coin...

thisnamztaken

Overly generous or not, that's a sweet 1815, RTS!