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Seated Liberty quarters
mtnman
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Are there any dealers that have a good assortment of Seated Liberty quarters? I only buy PCGS coins. The coins I see on eBay seem way overpriced compared to the PCGS price guide.
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Don't you mean Liberty Seated quarters.
I think only the LSCC refers to it that way. Gerry Fortin, Brian Greer, Dick Osburn, Eye Appealing Coins to name a few off hand.
When the large shows finally resume you should make it a point to attend them. This is where you will find dealers with good stocks of Liberty Seated coins. If the eBay "stuff" seems overpriced just pass on it and wait until the shows resume. It shouldn't be too long with Civid19 vaccines now becoming available.
I hope you don’t look only at the price guide in order to try to determine fair market value.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
https://www.seateddimevarieties.com/FS_Seated_25C_1838_1855.php
https://www.seateddimevarieties.com/FS_Seated_25C_1856_1891.php
As my 8th grade math teacher used to say, "Picky picky." 😁
Thank you for your input. I do look at auction results for prices. I would love to be able to go to some of the shows when they start back unfortunately I have a crumbling spine and Parkinson’s so travel is pretty much out of the question for me.
If you are putting together a set of seated liberty quarters - good luck. Price guides are just that, guides, and do not reflect the real market. A lot of dates are scarce to rare and seldom seen in condition above f/vf without problems. Sometimes you just have to pay the going rate, which may seem high, but at least you will have the coin.
In my opinion, for Seated Quarters, Gerry Fortin of GFRC is #1 in terms of inventory, knowledge, fairness and honesty!
If you buy ANY of his coins with a CAC (PCGS or NGC), he guarantees to buy it back at 85% of the price you paid! I’ve recently inquired with a couple of other dealers on selling back lovely PCGS/CAC coins I’ve purchased that have NOT dropped in market value (I upgraded these in my digital Dansco 7070) and they basically laughed at me when I indicated I was looking for that type of pricing on a sale back to them.
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
The better dates and grades are usually owned by knowledgeable, specialized dealers. There won’t be any bargains, especially in straight grade pcgs holders.
Very challenging series- best of luck to you!
A challenging series if you intend to do a set..... especially in better grades. Ebay prices are often high...Cheers, RickO
That series is not a price guide type of series because nice coins are so rare (even many common dates) that dealers can’t replace them.
Becoming an LSCC member and talking to the old guard of quarter collectors is the place to start
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Yes, a good challenge. I'm at 76 for my Dansco so far but have slowed down considerably over the past year. The remainder will be tough and in all likelihood I'll abandon the quest before completion to move on to something else.
Not going to win any beauty contests but here is the only seated quarter I currently own (not counting the holded 77cc on my key chain). Part of a modest circulated type set of coins from the New Orleans mint
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
None!
Interesting holder. Did you do the whole type set that way?
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Thanks, yes some of it
Others not
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Very cool
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Gerry Fortin, Brian Greer, West Coast Coins Oregon, Larry Briggs, Dick Osburn, David Lawrence, Elizabeth Coggan, JJ Teaparty, Northern Nevada, Northeast Numismatics, David Kahn, Eye Appealing Coins, Sunshine Rare Coins, Harlan J. Berk, L&C coins, and others all maintain Seated 25c inventory. These dealers are listed roughly in order of the number of coins they are likely to have for sale on their websites, not in order of preference or anything else.
Gerry Fortin just had an auction of (if I remember correctly) a complete set all in AU-58. Not my series, but there were some incredible coins in this collection. Here's a link to the gallery - https://www.seateddimevarieties.com/gallery.php?consignor=JH
I was fortunate to get one of the coins out that auction, the 1874-P. It was a fantastic collection. Many of the NGC lots did not find buyers right away, and there may be a few good ones left in his inventory that were overlooked.