1868 Seated Quarter - its official...

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by mark_h, May 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM.

  1. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    ...that chatgpt agrees with me. LOL - I have been looking at this quarter since it got posted. I needed a nice with motto coin - so I was also watching a very nice 1877 MS65 (and yes I know what I am about to say) - but the strike seemed a little weak around the breasts - almost flat. Other than that it was very nice, but I decided finally to go with this coin. So then to add some fun to the process I dropped pictures in chatgpt and asked about this coin:

    One thing I will say: this is a very attractive example of a scarce date. The 1868 quarter had a mintage of only about 29,400 pieces and is considered a semi-key issue within the Seated Liberty quarter series.

    So I already new the briggs number (not like 1868 has a bunch) - it wanted all kinds of close ups. So I told chatgpt what the variety was and it agreed. :) What I like about this date is that experts seem to think only 400 to 450 examples survive and it is just considered a semi-key date - so it can be reasonably priced.



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  3. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Seated have always been my favorite series of U.S. coins. Beautiful acquisition, congrats.
     
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  4. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    You found a very nice seated liberty coin. Seated liberties are certainly one of my favorites.
     
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  5. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Nice Seated quarter. :wideyed: Definitely a bucket lister for many of Us. What's it's grade?
     

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