grade and attribute 1818 quarter

Baley

Newest purchase just arrived, what do you think it net grades and what is the Browning variety?





sock it to me, it is what it is, didn't pay much. just needed the variety to complete the set of 10 marriages for 1818, hope i was correct in attribution

Moldnut

It appears to be a B3 in G4.

numisma

I agree with Moldnut: B-3 and in G4. I wouldn't necessarily net-grade the coin, unless there is damage that I am not seeing. Are you referring to the enormous thumb print on the obverse? This variety is usually weakly struck, so G4 is conservative.

BTW, you should run that print through the national fingerprint database. It could very well belong to Ard Browning, or perhaps John Reich!

Baley

ah yes, the giant thumbprint. It has etched into the surface in an interesting, three-dimensional way. Thanks, B-3 in good, agreed

Billet7

1818/5, so either a B1 or B3, that die crack happens on the B3 I think.

BillJones

When you are grading a coin in Good, marks like that thumb print are to be expected. I would not be spending much time net grading it because of that because then there would be an incentive to clean it. A coin in Good, especially an early coin in Good, is expected to have some minor problems.

Baley

Wouldn't clean it. Actually consider the print to be an asset

ricko

That is one heck of a print..... almost seems to have been artfully applied..... Run that through AFIS... looks good enough for an ID.... Cheers, RickO