Does anyone else collect Seated Quarters by variety?

Just curious if there are any collectors of Seated Quarters out there who acquire new pieces for their collection based off of published or interesting varieties.

I have been working on a list to see how massive of an endeavor it would be to put together a set, and let me tell you, this will be no easy task by anyone wishing to tackle it.

I would however like to speak with anyone who is interested or who collects these quarters as a main part of their collection.

I also have another question and this may be answered from experience outside of seated quarters, but how does one go about studying and researching varieties? And I am not talking about by picking up the popular reference to the series either, I am talking about defining and discovering each new variety. How do you actually collate the data and put it on paper? Is the research typically based off of sketches, or is it done more like a list? I am just trying to wrap my brain around how someone like Breen, Briggs, or the VAM book was first put together?

 

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Not I

 

Nope...only by date and mint mark.

 

Just in my type set.

 

I have a (very) few, but not many by vairety

 

I cant get enough of them, and after working on the main part of the collection for a year or two now, I think varieties would be cool to put back also. Not many are graded or certified by NGC (PCGS only acknowledges Cherry Pickers as varieties), so I also think for future collecting purposes it would be wise to have some of these low population coins.

I am now trying to find major varieties to add to the list that ARENT published at NGC's Variety page. Coins like the 1860-O Broken O or the 1857 Smoking Liberty.

 

How about the (several) different 1876 CC mintmark varieties.

I have a SMALL WIDE CC and TALL CC, and I know there are a number of others.

 

Then there is the 1854 High O, I've searched for year, no luck

 

Please dont get me started on those. I am having trouble attributing two of mine right now. I can figure out if they are Reverse 1 or Reverse 2, and both varieties used small and large CCs.....arggghhhh

To be honest though, I love an 1876 seated quarter for some reason. There are about 5 MPDs according to NGC just for the Philadelphia coin.

 

And that is a ridiculously expensive coin in ANY grade.

 

Yes, and that is the main reason to search for it

 

Very true, if you can cherry it, if you have to buy the variety, well good luck with that!

 

What was that quarter date that you liked to hoard? I believe it was a barber?

 

Barber quarter: 1896 S & 1913 S.

and many others

 

I like this series but the cost to complete a collection would take deep pockets. The mid 70's have a lot of misplaced dates .