I wanted a seated liberty quarter for my seated liberty type set, and for the longest time I was looking for a fairly decent but still somewhat budget example of the 1853 arrows and rays. Had seen a few, but none that I thought I could live with at the price ranges I was trying to keep to, but then this one came up and it ticked all the boxes: A little crusty, but with nice honest wear, and still plenty of nice details left to allow someone to really appreciate the design of this quarter. Couldn't be happier. I was starting to think I'd never find one that would do it for me, so I had started to look at other varieties of the seated quarter, but this one came just in time before I decided to go down another route. Like always, feel free to show any relevant coins you want. Any and all seated liberty quarter are welcomed.
I do love me some arrows and rays. I always liked this one because it toned to a unique copperish looking color.
Nice coin, Sallent, I think you chose well. Nice ones from everybody else too. Let me see what I can dig up: OOps! post a half, sorry, must be the heat here in Old Va.
Here’s the “black beauty” example I used to own. Too dark for some folks’ taste perhaps, but I liked it, due to the CircCam contrast.
No, it’s in an NGC graded coin. It’s been dipped, which is a turn-off the purists. The coin looks better than most pieces graded MS-61.
