Classic Head Gold Collection, Part 6, 1836 Script 8 Quarter Eagle
BillJones
Posts: 34,825 ✭✭✭✭✭
Mintage Unknown, included among 547,986 pieces reported for the year.
Estimated Number of Survivors 1,900
It has been my experience that the 1836, Script 8 quarter eagle is the most common coin in the Classic Head series in all grades. This is the date and major variety is often available at coin shows and in auctions.
These coins are usually poorly struck in the center of both sides. Part of the problem is that many of these coins were struck with a broken obverse die which caused the central deign details to be weak. The 1836 quarter eagle is the coin that is most likely to appear in type sets when the collector is only looking for a representative example of the Classic Head design.
The coin displayed above is accurately graded as an MS-62.
I look at the middle of the "8" to tell the difference between the script 8 and the block 8. If the middel of the 8 thick, it's the script; if it is fat, it's the block 8.
I bought this piece in the Winter of 1971 from Katherine Bullowa. I was a senior in college. It was my type piece for many years, and it still is since I like better than than the 1835 in MS-62+, CAC.
Katherine gaded this piece as an AU, but she said to me when I bought it, "It might be Unc., I'm not sure." As it turned out, it's an Unc. The detail is weak because the obverse die is broken and sinking in the middle.
Comments
The difference between the 'block' 8 and the 'script' 8 is quite clear.... Cheers, RickO
Nice 62
Latin American Collection