1805 ~ Bust Quarters for the Weekend ~ Guess The Grade

1TwoBits

The colorfully toned Pittman example of the 1805 B-4 draped bust quarter in PCGS MS63 sold for $19,975 at Heritage's Dallas auction yesterday (Lot # 4098).

Guess the grade (and variety if you choose) of the 1805 draped bust quarter below, and please post a picture of your 1805 draped bust quarter if you have one and can do so.





1TwoBits

{Pictures courtesy of Rory Rea}

hchcoin

I grade it "wow"

hockeyfan9

Very nice! I think it is VF30.

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BaseballAbs

<< <i>B1, R-4+ VF35 >>

Eagleguy

I grade it: "Out of My Price Range"


Very Nice!

JH

golden

Nice coin. Do you want to sell it?

123cents

Nice XF-40.

Baley

I do not have any high grade ones, but here are five of my 1805 quarters, one of each die variety

coinkat

I see this one in the low end 40 range- the total package seems better than 35. However, I see TPG dashing my optimistic view

NumisOxide

I'd guess VF35

JRocco

Could go 40 if the luster is there...I can't tell from these pics.
Otherwise she would be a strong 35.
Nice coin.
And a very nice set or 05's Baley.

robkool

XF40... Not sure about original surfaces.

1TwoBits

Realone got the variety right with Browning 1, seconded by BaseballAbs. The 1805 reverse die is the same as that used for the 1804 varieties.

Thanks for posting your 1805 quarters (all five varieties, no less), Baley, those are great!

I'm surprised nobody commented on the bisecting obverse streak running from between B and E in Liberty down across the bust. I also figured somebody would raise the cleaned flag. The coin has somewhat of an old gray look and not much luster-wise. However, the coin has a lot of meat in it's details and is free from damage. I've seen examples of early quarters and other denominations with these bisecting streaks are referred to as rubber band marks. The other ones I've seen are darker than on this coin.

123 Cents nailed it first with XF40, followed by coinkat, JRocco, and RobKool.

The coin is in a PCGS XF40 holder. I always wonder why it couldn't be in a 45 holder considering the details, but figure the streak provided a strike against it. This coin was purchased off eBay years ago and the streak plus a couple of other identifiers allowed it to be traced to a Catherine E Bullowa sale where it was plated. The variety is a very difficult one to obtain in high grades, and there are currently only a couple uncirculated examples known to exist.

1TwoBits

Tdec1000

<< <i>Realone got the variety right with Browning 1, seconded by BaseballAbs. The 1805 reverse die is the same as that used for the 1804 varieties.

Thanks for posting your 1805 quarters (all five varieties, no less), Baley, those are great!

I'm surprised nobody commented on the bisecting obverse streak running from between B and E in Liberty down across the bust. I also figured somebody would raise the cleaned flag. The coin has somewhat of an old gray look and not much luster-wise. However, the coin has a lot of meat in it's details and is free from damage. I've seen examples of early quarters and other denominations with these bisecting streaks are referred to as rubber band marks. The other ones I've seen are darker than on this coin.

123 Cents nailed it first with XF40, followed by coinkat, JRocco, and RobKool.

The coin is in a PCGS XF40 holder. I always wonder why it couldn't be in a 45 holder considering the details, but figure the streak provided a strike against it. This coin was purchased off eBay years ago and the streak plus a couple of other identifiers allowed it to be traced to a Catherine E Bullowa sale where it was plated. The variety is a very difficult one to obtain in high grades, and there are currently only a couple uncirculated examples known to exist.

1TwoBits >>




You need to have luster to make a 45 grade technically. This coin has been stripped of its luster. I would gafe it vf 30 because of the old cleaning. They market graded this one to xf because of date and details remaining.