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1876-CC Seated Quarter varieties.

coinlieutenantcoinlieutenant Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.

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  • fastfreddiefastfreddie Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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. >>



    image and I like it!! 76-cc has 14 obverse and 12 reverse dies listed in the Briggs book so there are many varieties.
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  • MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    "76-cc has 14 obverse and 12 reverse dies listed in the Briggs book so there are many varieties."

    Not to mention the various reeding varieties on the third die, of 113 reeds, 122 reeds, and 153 reeds.
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  • MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    Not a clue as to which one I have:

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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Varieties are neat. Nice quarters.

    I really like yours Mike.
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MFH, you have the later type 2 reverse (smaller serifs in "A" "STATES") with large CC mintmark. Comes with the fine reeding (153 reeds).

    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. image

    roadrunner
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  • CocoinutCocoinut Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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.

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    Jim
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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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.

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    Jim >>



    Same variety as posted by OP. Briggs 1-A.

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