Question on an 1854-O variety seated quarter?

jdimmick · July 21, 2004 10:05AM

Some one called today and wanted me to look at an 1854-O he picked up thinking it was the HUGE O, which of course it wasnt, but it did have the appearance that it was the very thin top and bottom O which according to Breen at the time the catalog was printed was listed as "rare". Can anyone confirm this and if so is it still a tough variety and worth any premium?

thanks for any info?

jim dimmick

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Thanks for the host placid, one day I will figure out how to do it!

Placid · July 21, 2004 10:09AM

291fifth · July 21, 2004 10:36AM

It is my recollection that the "huge" O was apparently hand cut into a much earlier reverse die (there is a difference in the hubs). Very few quarters advertised as being the "huge" O actually are.

elwood · July 21, 2004 10:44AM

Jim

There were 6 different reverse dies used.
Besides the Huge O there is one other obverse/reverse die combination that is considered rare.

Is there any doubling of the MM. Top of O?

jdimmick · July 21, 2004 11:10AM

Steve,

I dont have it with me, but I dont remember seeing any doubling?

jim

elwood · July 21, 2004 11:15AM

The Huge O is the biggy.

I don't think there are many Seated Quarter collectors doing minor die varieties. At least none that would pay a huge premium to acquire one???

Steve

jdimmick · July 21, 2004 11:18AM

Thanks Steve,

Ill pass it on to the guy tomorrow. He was really thinking he had a huge O variety, but even I knew that that coin wasnt it?

jim

Coinosaurus · July 21, 2004 12:50PM

A VG Huge-O sold at the last Baltimore show for $1400.

This one ain't it

dorkkarl · July 21, 2004 9:47PM

some of us call it the "hugo" variety

K S

lathmach · July 22, 2004 12:53AM

There is an 1854-O Huge O on Ebay right now. Huge O
The Huge O quarter is currently quite high in price due to hoarding. This variety is not rare, it's scarce. I have 2 of them.
The rarest 1854-O is the one with the rusted obverse die. This comes both early and late die state. I wrote an article for the Gobrecht Journal on the early die state. The arrowhead on the right of the date has the top barb completely broke away from the rest of the arrowhead, on the early die state.
As Steve (Elwood) says, there's not many variety collectors in these series, and those of us that do collect by variety generally cherrypick so we don't pay any more for a better variety than a common coin.

Ray

Question on an 1854-O variety seated quarter?

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