An 1835 quarter eagle
BillJones
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At long last I have been able to fill one more hole in my Classic Head quarter eagle set. This set has been harder than I ever imagined. I thought that once I had the Charlotte and Dahlonega coins, the set would farily easy to finish. NOT SO ...
This 1835 is graded PCGS MS-62+, CAC, an I obviously agree with the grade. Despite that fact the reported mintage for the 1835 $2.50 (131,402) is higher than the mintage for the 1834 (112,234), the 1835 is much scarcer. The reason must be that much of the 1835 mintage was dated 1834.
Adding to the fun is the fact that the 1835 quarter eagles were often poorly struck, and this piece is no exception. The obverse hair detail is weak, and the fault lies with a die break that robbed the coin of its detail.
The set is now down to one more piece. And no I won't be getting into any of the minor die varieties. This "Red Book" set has been tough enough.
Comments
@BillJones congratulations on adding another coin for such a vastly underrated series!
Kind regards,
George
That is a very nice coin Bill.... of course, I am partial to gold......and gold, being soft, tends to acquire handling nicks and dings quickly... so for a coin of that age to be so nice, is special. Cheers, RickO
Really nice.
Nice coin!
Looks like a beauty, congrats!!
Good to see CAC blessed it...
You do not disappoint in your selections. Nice looking coin.
When I saw that go up on DW's site I was going to send you a message...but it was gone in about 3 seconds...you acted fast...congrats!!!
I want one of those. Always have. I think I'll buy one. It won't be as nice as yours. I don't care. I just want one. Always have.
Another nice one Bill. You're getting pretty
good at this !
R.I.P. Bear
Very nice coin... congrats!
Very nice coin Bill. The classic head quarter eagles are just nicely designed and yours is a great representative of the type.
very nice coin. i like the color.
Great looking coin Bill. You have an amazing collection.