There are 36 die varieties of Capped Bust Quarters/Reduced Size (1831-1838). My criterion: VF or XF (I do have one AU-50). I now have 27, the most recent from Rich Uhrich. There are two more at NGC that are close to being completed and shipped. And finally one more coming from a recent eBay purchase which will have to go to a TPG to have the Browning Number placed on the label. So that makes my count 30 of 36. Now the tough part -- the last 6. One is an R-2; it should be relatively easy to find, just a matter of time. BUT then it gets tough to impossible. One R-4+ One R-5 One R-5+ One R-6 One R-8 (only 2 or 3 known) I would like to get these as original BUT I will seriously consider DETAILS/Genuine coins.
You are one of the ones whom I live my numismatic life thru vicariously. Has a complete set been done before? And could you identify those specific issues lacking? I immediately went to look for that R8 variety and found no mention online.
Actually my set is a subset of Capped Bust Quarters. I'm doing just the Reduced Size coins (1831-1838). Don't know if someone has already completed the set. If they have it's probably a complete set (1815-1838). Maybe someone from the John Reich Society would know. As for the particular coins I'm missing here's the list with Browning numbers. Rarity according to the Tompkins book; the Peterson book has slightly different rarities. R-2 - 1831 B-2 R-4+ - 1835 B-8 R-5 - 1837 B-5 R-5+ - 1831 B-7 R-6+ - 1836 B-5 R-8 - 1837 B-8
The Russ Logan Collection appears to have gotten pretty close to having all of the capped bust quarter Browning varieties. Check it out here: http://rob.com/russ/collection/ I think that some of the missing varieties (like 1821 B-6 and 1837 B-6) may not have been discovered when Logan assembled the collection. He's also randomly missing 1820 B-3, R.3, which isn't particularly rare.
I had most of it in an NGC Registry Set. But thanks to a change in the NGC Registry Set policy the set has been removed -- by me. And also my 15 other Competitive sets and three Custom Sets. What would be nice would be a third party development of a Registry Set site independent of the slabbing TPGs. My knowledge is way out of date and my skills have eroded too much for me to try it.
