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1876-CC Seated Quarter varieties.

Was just going through the various auction records for 1876-CC quarters. I went through a dozen or so and all seem to have a different mintmark placement than this coin. It just got back from PCGS.



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<< <i>You have an example of Briggs reverse A. Same reverse as used on 1873-CC No Arrows. Paired with Obverse 1 or Obverse 2. Although the reverse is of interest for the above comment, it is not particularly scarce, and usually does not command any premium unless seen on a high grade example. Your example is Briggs 1-A, unless you specify that the 6 in date is repunched South, which would make it Briggs 2-A. >>
Not to mention the various reeding varieties on the third die, of 113 reeds, 122 reeds, and 153 reeds.
Not a clue as to which one I have:
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The OP's coin is often just listed as type 1 reverse (large serifs) with small CC mintmark. But the CC spacing is either wide or narrow. I would guess the
wide spacing as used on the 1870-73 coinage is rarer. Even in the 1993 LSCC survey they didn't ask responders to differentiate between small CC spacing
for the Type 1's. Breen even calls the wide spaced-small CC's as rare, but that was back in 1978. It's still probably a scarcer variety for this year as those
widely spaced CC's shouldn't really belong on 1876 coinage. The type 1 reverses usually only come with fine reeding. Doesn't appear to be much difference
in rarity between Type 1 and 2 reverses. I'd take a swag and say two thousand 76-cc quarters are still around. It has a survival rate similar to 1840-0 nd
(380K minted) and 1859 (1.3 MILL). Even with an approx 4.9 mill mintage I think it's survival rate is much closer to those seated quarters with 1 MILL minted.
So a better variety might cover <100 coins (R4+)
Thanks for showing that. I'd be interested in how many of these show up in the Heritage Archives. I checked the first page (25 coins) and only 1 specimen was of
this variety - last one on the page, NGC MS64. Saw a lot of small spaced - small cc's. I think it could be a bit scarcer than some believe. There are another 300
specimens on there to check....give us a report when you're done.
roadrunner
Jim
<< <i>Mine appears to be similar to the first one posted, with a wide MM. This is an old photo, and not the best quality, so I'm not sure it's the same.
Jim >>
Same variety as posted by OP. Briggs 1-A.
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