1870-S Quarter surfaces in old time collection!

291fifth

Come on. It's April 1. You should know better than to look at a post like this.

coindeuce

Crap. At least you could have stretched it by stating that someone found and dynamited the cornerstone of the old SanFran Mint.

mgoodm3

Maybe your fooling us by saying it's an April fools joke and it's really true.

RichieURich

OK, you got me on that one. My favorite coin to find unattributed is the 1870-S quarter, known to have been produced but unknown in any collection.

lathmach

The 1870-S Seated Quarter has the same reverse as the 1866-S, 1867-S, and 1869-S Quarter, with a die cut through the lower loop of the S.
The reeding count is the same as well as the earlier dates, at 110 reeds.
It's a R-8, possibly unique.
Does anyone remember the recent thread about the real valuable coin that only a small handful of people in the hobby knows about?

Ray

CaptHenway

What about the 1870-S cent, two cents, three cents silver, three cents nickel and five cents nickel made for the Emperor Norton I Presentation Set?
TD

lathmach

Oh, one other note. This is a lower grade circulated piece, and not the possible example that some people in the hobby believe may be in a time capsule in the cornerstone of the old mint in San Francisco.
That's the why of my R-8, possibly unique statement.

Ray

coindeuce

<< <i>The 1870-S Seated Quarter has the same reverse as the 1866-S, 1867-S, and 1869-S Quarter, with a die cut through the lower loop of the S.
The reeding count is the same as well as the earlier dates, at 110 reeds.
It's a R-8, possibly unique.
Does anyone remember the recent thread about the real valuable coin that only a small handful of people in the hobby knows about? Ray >>


No. Please elaborate. Are you referring to the 1942 steel cent?