Color and crack - the reasons I bought this 1842-O Lg Dt quarter - care to offer a grade opinion?
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I feel like the color and appearance are above-average without being over-the-top. I actually like how the reverse shows bluish toning sort of only on the left half. But more important to me is that nice die crack through "ED STA" on the reverse.
Care to offer a grade, and better yet, can anyone attribute the Briggs variety (beyond "large date")? FWIW, I am not super familiar with Seated Liberty quarters (I collect draped and capped bust types).
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I'm not the best at grading but I think it's probably around VF20 details, probably cleaned, but then the pictures could make it look that way.
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Vf details, cleaned
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I think it may be an older light cleaning that has re-toned over a long time in an album.
But that doesn't bother me very much and I generally like how it looks.
Cleaned VF
So far, all comments have been pretty much spot-on with my own opinion.
I am hoping someone may be able to attribute, however.
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Possibly Briggs 2-B, judging from the date and mint mark positions.
However, I am working with scans of the Briggs pages, which do not include Obverse 3 or Reverses C, D, E.
Apparently a page or two is missing from the scans.
If anyone has the actual Briggs book, perhaps they can check those.
Cleaned-scrubbed-polished-artificial toning due to cleaning
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VF details cleaned. Lt reverse area - pvc?
VF30 cleaned.
Spot on. +1
The reason I hunted down and purchased the entire Seated 25c set was also Crack. I should really stop smoking it.
I like the 1842-O Large Date as a slightly underrated date in the set and a condition rarity. After many years of owning VF examples, I finally bought a PCGS AU58 that has nice color, but I had to live with a minor rim bump to own it.
VF details cleaned
Thank you very much, everyone. I have decided to go with Briggs 2-B.
I generally agree with the comments about the grade sharpness and caveats, although the color still appeals to me. "Grade" is not as important to me for a coin with other cool factors going for it. My primary motivation for owning the coin is the nice die crack on the reverse, such that I will now be on the lookout for one with a retained cud (if such exists).
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