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1870 SLQ.......Finally got a coin in my collection with a <100,000 biz strike mintage!

guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭

A nice circulated piece with good dirt with a reported mintage of only 86,400. Gonna look good in the crusty section of my circ Bust and Seated Collection. Sorry for the camera glare in the pics.

GTG if you like.


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  • Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
    I like! I think I've got it's twin...I'll have to show you.


    ...apparently I don't have an image in my photobucket account...I'll have to get back to you. Regardless, very nice!


  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    beauty she is...vf35?
    congrats on breaking that milestone too with something other then a 31-s lincoln...image
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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm with Teddy...35.

    Really nice Seated quarter!

    Seated coins rock!!!
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭

    Here's my latest pickup before the 1870. Seems like both have the same polished out area of the left side of the scroll on the Reverse. Must have been the first thing to get polished off. I know this one (the 1873) used Proof dies for the reverse.

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  • Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
    Huh, you're right, I rarely notice that part of the scroll.

    I would guess the first one is a 25 or 30...leaning toward 30, the second is a 40, possibly knocked down to a 35 for a dip.
  • Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
    Nope, I changed my mind, 40-45 for the luster remaining.
  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    nicccce lil void of the scroll there wes
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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With the VF35 crowd because of the wear on the eagles wing.
  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,508 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations. Nice looking coin.
  • rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1870 is a scarce date for certain, but then again, so are most of the Seated quarter dates! This one has a nice original look. Where's the "cc" mintmark? image
  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice! It looks just like my NGC VF30.
    Derek

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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭



    << <i>This one has a nice original look. Where's the "cc" mintmark? image >>



    It somehow got misplaced. I've been looking for it everywhere!!! image


    Thanks for the comments. Here's the assigned grade, Moldnut's twin.........


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  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1870, like any of the lower mintages of the Philly 1863-1873 NA run are hard to find with original surfaces. It seems most of the 1870's I've run across the past 35 years where
    XF-AU cleaned/bruised/battered. Hard to find these with just good old wear. In the 10 yr Philly run I'd probably put in in the bottom half with 63, 64, 65, and 73 NA. Even though
    the mintages of the 1871 and 1872 are considerably higher than the 1870, they seem to be scarcer...but usually not as battered as the 1870's tend to be. Maybe collectors figured
    that since the mintages from 1866-1869 were so low that they'd hoard the 1870's as well. Then the mint went and tripled/quintupled up on the mintage of those preceding years.

    I would have been torn between VF30 and VF35. Looks closer to a 35 imo.
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  • ManorcourtmanManorcourtman Posts: 8,189 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Love it!!
  • MoldnutMoldnut Posts: 3,113 ✭✭✭✭
    Cool date! Not the best of pictures, but here is my NGC VF30

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    Derek

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  • fastfreddiefastfreddie Posts: 2,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin, thought I saw it on the BST - too late. Oh well, can't buy em' all can you? That's one date I'm missing. Maybe I'll hold ut for the cc.

    Freddie
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  • mkman123mkman123 Posts: 6,849 ✭✭✭✭
    nice coin! I want something from 1870!
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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice coin, thought I saw it on the BST - too late. Oh well, can't buy em' all can you? That's one date I'm missing. Maybe I'll hold ut for the cc.

    Freddie >>



    Funny, I will be selling a 1870 duplicate I upgraded and purchased a 70 cc at FUN, the cc will add few zeros to that check.
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  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,645 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lovely coin. I almost like it more than my unc.

    And no, I will not trade even up image
  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    nice quarter, tough date with nice original surfaces... good score.
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • jhdflajhdfla Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭
    A very tough date to find nice. Here's another example, in unc.




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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,290 ✭✭✭
    I think MoldNut's got mine beat by a smidge detail wise. Ever so slightly. I like it.

    Still looking for a hidden CC mintmark on here. Ain't found it yet.
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  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    if you do find the CC's on the back, you may want to figure out a way to push the date a bit over to the right, so it matches the date placement for an authentic 1870cc quarter.
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything

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