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Low Grade Draped Bust Quarters Just Back from PCGS
grote15
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Despite its limited run, the draped bust quarter has always been one of my favorite issues from this era along with the large cent. I enjoy collecting lower grade circulated examples, and occasionally send a couple/few in to PCGS for grading. I just got these two back today and thought I'd share a couple of pics.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Dozens of BST deals completed, including: kalshacon, cucamongacoin, blu62vette, natetrook, JGNumismatics, Coinshowman, DollarAfterDollar, timbuk3, jimdimmick & many more
That 1807 AG3 is just prefect in my eyes.
"If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"
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Very nice problem-free pieces
Goldoin98~Yes, I have about 7-8 of these now, all from 1806-1807, which took me about 3-4 years to acquire. I like the "cameo effect" on the obverse on a couple of them.
hchcoin~I put these coins up on an old wooden fence at the back of my yard. That is a pod from one of the trees overhead. I was shooting for the rustic look, lol..
Here's one more, an 1806/5.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
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102 capped bust half dollars - 100 die marriages
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<< <i>They have served their job well. I like draped bust quarters also but they sure do get expensive fast don't they, once you get above Fine grade. >>
Isn't that the truth. I have "tire kicked" the idea of doing a date set beyond the 1807 I have for type, but 1804 is a stopper. I tend only want coins in VF or better with my real aim toward Choice EF or AU.
Those are nice circulated pieces, grote15. It doesn't take much to have wear get into the tops of the letters on these coins. When I was dealer I had a couple of raw ones that I graded Fine, which had tiny bit of wear into the top of one of the reverse letters. One guy tried to tell the coin was AG ... YEA RIGHT ... Nice try.
Part of the problem with some of them, in addition to the fact that the rims don't provide much protection, is that the dies were out of alignment when the coins were struck. That resulted in the right or left side of coin being weaker than the opposing side. My 1807 is like that. The coin is a strict AU, but if it had been in circulation for any time at all it would gone to VF and then Fine very quickly because the design details were very delicate.
<< <i>Nice looking coins. Great color. Still trying to figure out what is between the slabs in the second picture
Looks to me like a bean. A non-CAC bean, but still a bean.
Lafayette Grading Set
Now if they said what die variety and die state they are, what relative rarity in the series they are, had a description of the degree of die cracks, damage if any, surface qualities, etc, then ok
Makes sense to slab them for sale, but when I buy coins like this and they're in holders, even PCGS, I crack em back out right away and feel the history
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