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topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Draped bust quarters.



These things must have STARTED the schoolyard event of "lagging" coins.



I haven't read of any laws that required only QUARTERS to be used in commerce from 1810-1870 or so when I would ASSUME they probably found their pretty much useful life over.



Where's the MEAT?



I mean other than the few that the royal tourists carried home without spending.



DAMN TOUGH COINS.

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  • BustCudsBustCuds Posts: 1,096 ✭✭✭




    The Draped and Capped Bust Quarters were the workhorse of daily commerce.
  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,723 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No dollars being struck for much of those years and the bust half dollars (many of them anyway) spent time in storage, which is why so many are in pretty decent shape.



    Quarters would have been the biggest silver coins that most people had.
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well, they oughtta have used the dang 2 Reales and saved the quarters in their powderhorns.
  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: topstuf

    Well, they oughtta have used the dang 2 Reales and saved the quarters in their powderhorns.




    It's funny to me how many US collectors don't understand the relationship between the Pistareens and the Quarters

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  • thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They are one of my favorite series and even original, problem-free low grade pieces like VG are tough to find, let alone in higher grades.

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bust quarters are an attractive series... and those with nice commercial wear are - to me - still attractive. Cheers, RickO
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had more trouble finding a decent Draped Bust dime and half dime for a type set, but yeah... DB quarters can be tuff.

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  • GazesGazes Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When they have attractive wear it lets your mind wonder about all the history associated with that particular coin
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My favorite series, the draped bust halves a close second. Coin shops never seemed to have any for sale before the internet was invented.



    Now they're more available, though chronically plagued with problems of various kinds.

    Far easier though to find, handle, and examine than the dimes and half dimes are, as LordM has mentioned..

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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I owned a really nice 1806/5 in the early 90's. It was graded PCI VG10. I sold off my collection in the late 90's (wish I hadn't). I've since encountered that coin at shows several times since selling it (it had a distinctive mark in the obverse field). The last time I saw it (several years ago), it was in a PCGS VG10 holder. I keep an eye out for draped bust quarters now, in case I run into the coin again, but I just don't see many at all. The ones I do see are damaged, scratched, cleaned, etc. or are in the AG range.
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