Tough Seated Quarter, Super low grade!

Billet7

I bought an 1869 seated quarter the other day. They don't come up all that often, and since the price was right, I decided to pick it up. I figure even at this low grade, it's better to have a bird in the hand... when upgrade time rolls around, I will have something to trade against. I like the originality, I do not like that part of the liberty portrait is missing, due to the uneven strike/wear.

Enjoy! Post your 1869's or any othe seated quarter that suits your fancy!

fastfreddie

Great pickup, hope is was a super low price; althought it's better than mine since I ain't got one of those unless you count mental pics.

Moldnut

I have one like that too, its in a G4 holder with a weak area at 12 -1. This seems to be the norm in low grades. Ill post it when I get home.

doh

Hey, tough is tough. And that coin has character! Love it

Prethen

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Mowgli

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Good reference, Prethen.

RichieURich

A rare quarter as a business strike, and particularly rare in low grade like this one. Congratulations to the new owner!

rhedden

I have a proof for this date. And it's not a pretty one.

richardshipp

Moldnut

Here is the G4 I mentioned in an earlier post.

Billet7

Thanks for posting Moldnut! Yours shows much better how this year tends to wear unevenly. Top on the obverse and bottom on the reverse. It blows me away how much rim is on the obverse, and then there is the weak spot. It just seems so out of place with such a strong rim.

If you end up trading to a higher grade...let me know! I could own a G4

DIMEMAN

That's a better date dime too! I have a VF30, but can't show it due to size (51.1KB).

I'm all for filling a hole to use as trade later. My 1860-O is a G06 I believe.

johnny9434

decent quarters all.

grip

Do you know the mintage?.

Billet7

Mintage is at 16,000. Certified PCGS population in all grades...a mere 34! The estimate of survival is around 250 in all grades and conditions (problem and problem free pieces,) only 3 are known at the gem level.

A rare coin by any definition not ULTRA rare, but rare. Of course, there are many coins in the seated quarters set that are at least as rare, if not more so.

partagas

Here is my low grade coin, it has some surface issues. But for $50 plus 4 other quarters I got in the lot I am not complaining. I also have an AU coin of this date as well.

Billet7

Partagas, I would have bought it as well. I am trying to figure out what happened to it. Is is corrosion? Do you have pics of your AU?

Moldnut

Partagas, looking at your coin, it looks like the date is in the wrong position for the 1869. I could be wrong without looking at the coin in hand but the 1869 has a higher placed date sloping up left to right. Yours looks more like the 1869-S with an even date and lower placed.

1869-S

Billet7

I'm gonna have to agree with Moldnut. The date position looks like a San Francisco quarter. It's so hard to see the small s with the corrosion, but I am sure it's there. Low grade 1869-S's get mistaken for phillies all the time.

I can even see the die crack on the obverse running through stars 5, 6 and 7 that the 1869-S tends to have. I know I'm not the final say on such things (but I should have caught it earlier.)

partagas

You guys are too good. I did look at it closer and has the crack for the 69-s. So it is a 69-s

I still can't find a mintmark, as it seems to have been obliterated. The coin suffers from heavy corrosion. I will have to go to the bank to get photos of the AU.

grip

Good eye Moldnut.Always something to learn on the boards