Draped Bust quarter

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logger7
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I picked up this Bust quarter at a shop, how do I do attribution on it? Would you folks figure it at VG?


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  • BillJones
    BillJones Posts: 35,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would only give it a Good-6. Some aspects of it look better, but you don't have very much bust detail.

    As for the variety, the latest book is not easy to work with for lower grade with only pictures.

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  • NorthStar
    NorthStar Posts: 96 ✭✭✭
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    I think your quarter is a B-3 variety, The reverse has a gap in the dentils over E2 . The obverse star 13 is distant from the bust. This is from the Bust quarter book by Rory Rea. There are others on this forum with a far better eye for variety attribution. As for the grade...G6 to VG?

  • 291fifth
    291fifth Posts: 25,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Good 6. Just not enough detail left to justify a VG8. I'm not the one to ask about varieties in this series. I don't think I have ever actually owned one.

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  • logger7
    logger7 Posts: 9,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A couple non-scanner images.

    Coinfacts shows a lot of G to VG examples.

  • NumisOxide
    NumisOxide Posts: 11,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would say VG-8. Surfaces look great!

  • dsessom
    dsessom Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Super nice find for a local shop! And most definitely worth submitting for grading. I can't see anything that would keep it from straight grading, and it might go VG8, although G6 is more likely. It depends on how tough they are on this series/year.

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  • braddick
    braddick Posts: 25,183 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Neat circ. cameo appearance.
    Wonderful album coin!
    If graded, G06 is my gut grade.

  • Tonedeaf
    Tonedeaf Posts: 249 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here is an 1806. The bottom left serif is also missing on the "T" in Liberty as well as the "1" in the date.


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  • ricko
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    Nice old quarter.... I am not very good at the lower grades, but would be interested if I saw it at a show... Might buy it... Cheers, RickO

  • MrEureka
    MrEureka Posts: 24,777 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Tonedeaf said:
    Here is an 1806. The bottom left serif is also missing on the "T" in Liberty as well as the "1" in the date.

    That coin was probably net graded for the reverse rim damage, and has too much detail to be used to define the VG10 grade.

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  • Bustquarterhound
    Bustquarterhound Posts: 176 ✭✭✭
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    Definitely a B-3 the 5 in date doesn't touch the bust. The B-2 the 5 touches the bust. Nice piece.

  • alaura22
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    You mean the 6 .......right?

    Mike
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  • Kliao
    Kliao Posts: 5,802 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would call it a G-6 but nice looking coin.

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