EF/AU 1855 Quarter: Possible circulated Proof?

Dennis88

Hi all,

Please take a look at the pictures below. This 1855 Seated Quarter shows some very light doubling on the denomination, as well as some very minor doubling around the eagle on the reverse. According to Briggs, only his variety 5/E is a reverse doubled die, mentioning that this is the Proof die.

Anyone with a little more knowledge of Proofs can shed some light on this? The pictures (taken by board member Dsessom) are very accurate, and the fields certainly exhibit some reflectivity. Unfortunately the rims do not give a very clear answer to me.

In case this would be a coin struck from the Proof dies, and possibly a circulated Proof, would PCGS recognize it as such?


Thanks,

Dennis

TomB

I may very well be wrong, but I believe the practice of the US Mint during this period and a bit later was to use proof coinage dies for the production of regular issue coinage after the dies were no longer fit for proof production or when proof production was ceased.

partagas

I dont recall briggs mentioning that the reverse proof die is a ddr. He states that reverse proof die "Quar Dol" is lightly recut.

I do know there is a ddo for this date that isn't listed in Briggs, and it is certainly possible you have an unlisted reverse. Longacre doubling is also common on Seated coinage.