1818/5 B-3 Bust Quarter G-T-C : NGC -> PCGS ~ 200 Year Anniversary
1TwoBits
Posts: 460 ✭✭✭✭
In continued tribute to the 200 year anniversary of 1818 coinage, this month's Bust Quarter Guess-The-Crossover features the 1818/5 Browning 3 variety. It's the second of the two 1818 varieties that feature this over date obverse die (B-1 being the other). It has a prominent die crack on the reverse from rim->lower arrowhead->field->shield.
Feel free to guess the NGC and PCGS grades for fun if you'd like, along with whether or not you think it received a CAC sticker when I had it reviewed. Comments are welcome, and if you have an 1818/5 B-3, please post a picture of it.
1TwoBits
I believe the coin above has double clashing on the reverse, and there are triple clashed examples. After it's latest state, the dies were lapped to remove clashing, causing the eagle's head to almost be erased. You don't have to guess the grade, but here is a blow up of the eagle's head in the early state followed by a blow up of my example with the lapped die state. (Thank you to Rory Rea for the blow-ups.)
Comments
I'm very new to the grade guessing game, and I'm not used to that type of lighting on the photos. My first impulse was NGC MS64, PCGS AU55 CAC. But I think there's about 0.1% chance I'm correct.
I am missing the 8/5 ..... I do not see any indication of an overdate... and it may be my eyes...but the picture looks really good ..... what am I missing? Cheers, RickO
Nice coin AU 58+ cac really a nice coin.
Sorry, but I'm not seeing it either.
Looking further, I can see a bit of something coming out of the right side of the 8 at the right, but missing the upper area of the five beneath.
Rather like an 1911 "weak" D 2 1/2
Very nice coin. Now I need to do some research on what was happening in the US in 1818 and how the coins fit into that.
Nice coin. 55 here.
1% chance @brianc1959 ? You got it, PCGS AU55 CAC. @Golden & @afford also!
1TwoBits
N58 to PC55/55+
Same coin, different holder.
Still a very nice quarter.
N55 to P55