This quarter was mixed in a foreign lot that I purchased. Looks like it could be an O mint mark. What do you think about the bottom of the reverse, is that just a case of excessive wear in only that region, or maybe due to something else like a grease filled die or flawed planchet? Rest of the coin looks VG to me.
I hear ya! Like I said, this one was a random surprise, so even the silver value alone is gravy. Just had to put it out there to get some second opinions. Thanks!
might be a Large "O" Rev. D. Check for a die scratch between star 8 and the Head of Liberty on the obverse. According to Flynn, the coin has "open" claws, this too is indicative of a 43-O. Too bad the mintmark site is so managled. I don't see how it could be used for identification; at least by picture. James Thanks for posting
You’re welcome! I saw that there was a large O variety, but this one didn’t look large enough to me, if it’s an O at all. I’ll look closer near the star as you mentioned.
I see it, but whether I'm looking at an O mintmark or my eyes are deceiving me, I don't know. Don't have quite enough experience with O-mint Seated quarters to say for sure.
Hey, it's a 183-year-old coin that just happened to have worked hard for a living. Neither one of us will look that great when we're that age, right?
I see half a dozen O’s of various sizes throughout that area. One just happens to be near where you’d expect the mint mark.
Photos of the 1843 Large O and regular O. While your coin appears to have damage in the area approximating an O, even with wear the O would be more prominent. I am in the Captain Buzzkill camp currently.
The rest of the markers for the Large O are not there. The Large o also sits much higher. The date is a match for 43-o small o.
