1825 B-2 Bust Quarter G-T-G : 200 Year Anniversary
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With the end of the year approaching, it's time to revisit the the 200th anniversary of Browning bust quarter varieties for this year. I figured I'd wait until after the sale of the bust quarters in the Northeast Collection in June and the Steve Tompkins Collection in August.
The 1825 Browning-2 variety is called R-2 in both the Rea/Peterson/Karoleff/Kovach book on bust quarters, and the Steve Tompkins book. The B-2 die marriage can be found in most grades and many die stages. The Tompkins book notes the obverse has a dentil count of 125, the reverse has a dentil count of 122, the edge reed count is 108 (reverse dentil count is 124 on the B-1, the only difference). The Tompkins book notes at least 2 known proofs for the variety.
The obverse die for the 1825 B-2 marriage is used for both the 1825 B-2 and B-3. The reverse die was only used for striking the 1825 B-2 die marriage and is popular among collectors for the die stages of the retained cud that forms around the arrowheads on the reverse. The late die stage is somewhat controversial, hinging on whether you believe there are full cud examples or not. Tompkins notes that things seem to point to the reverse being the anvil die, such that the collar would have held the broken piece of the die in place and not fall out as coins were being struck.
I'll post two of my four examples since they are the only ones I have pictures of at this time (Phil Arnold Trueviews). Feel free to try and guess grades if you'd like, and I will reveal them Wednesday evening. Comments are always welcome, and of course if you have any 1825 B-2's, please post pictures of any die stages you might have.
1TwoBits
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XF Details (brushed)?
FR-2
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Nice quarters. My guess are AU55 and AG3.
There is something very cool going on at the motto of that first B2! Double struck?
Here is my new B2 ex Steve Tompkins
Nice coins.
Jim
Au55
G04
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AU 50
FR 2
AU 53
AG 3
EF Details (Cleaned)
AG 3
Yes these two grades. Here is mine:
AU53
FR2
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Good eye @scubafuel, that looks like the neck and chin of Miss Liberty, making this a flip over double strike. You can see the bridge of her nose in the dentils, as well as miscellaneous hair detail on the bottom points of the letters in STATES.
There is an incuse star on the tip of Miss Liberty's bust, but I would attribute that to crushing bag damage.
AU-53 (if straight graded, I personally would say AU cleaned)
AG-3
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
BHNC #AN-10
JRCS #1606
AU 50, FR 02
55,3
AU Details cleaned, FR2
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It's Wednesday.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
Everyone is all over these two, with @scubafuel and @jacrispies picking up on the anomalies on the 1st example.
Genuine (cleaned) double struck reverse, 1st strike off center.
AG3
Thank you for looking, guessing, and posting your nice examples.
1TwoBits
Bingo, awesome coins.
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you" Matthew 6:33. Young fellow suffering from Bust Half fever.
BHNC #AN-10
JRCS #1606