1831 bust Quarter, 1810 Bust Half (Problem Coin), 1834 Bust Half

These are 3 coins that I was happy to add to my collection. I am getting decent at grading half barbers, but have no clue when it comes to grading busts. Plus I really don't have the experience to judge value loss based on cleaning or rim damage. I would love an opinion on any of these busts as far as grade and possible value. I realize the 1834 was cleaned and is not worth near what is on the cassing. I really like the 1810 half, but have no idea how much that damage to the rim takes away from its value. The 1831 Bust quarter is prolly my favorite of these three. I really can't get an accurate grade on this myself, but to me it looks to be in its original tone. I am hoping that I got a decent deal on these. In the future Im going to try to stay away from problem coins, but I just loved these 3. Thank you all. I ran out of picture room so if you want to see the back of the 1834 the link of the auction is below.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280468839453&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

 

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your 1831 quarter is a large letter fine 12-16 and worth about $120-$160; Your 1810 half I don't know about because the obverse looks VG but the reverse looks VF that price range is $100-$110; Your 1834 half dollar looks on the money graded and is between $185 and $575. I know that those prices arn't specific but that is most narrowed price range I could find.

 

Wow thats great to hear. For some reason I was thinking they were around $ 75 a piece.

 

Okay - 1831 bust quarter F-12, couple of gouges - probably worth 80 to 110 in that range. The gouges were not distracting to me, but noticable.

The 1810 is probably F-15 and would be between 70 and 100. Probably more towards the $70 range witht he severe rim ding. The rim ding I did find distracting.

The 1834 is over graded and not a XF45 coin, more like a solid VF20 to 25 coin. And is worth what you paid for it. And yes I would put it in the $70 to $90 dollar range.

Now all of that is speculation since I did not attribute the coins. The variety can make a difference in the price - especially when you start getting to the R-4 and up coins.

Nice batch of coin! Gotta love the bust coinage.

 

The coins are nice... but the two acquaintances in your avatar are grade A #1 keepers ! :thumb: Best wishes to the young family man.

Bust quarters ... tough to find good ones. Yours looks to be a solid F12. Greysheet says $85. Probably 90% of 'em have been cleaned at some point in their past. Yours is pretty nice; sometimes, even AU bust 25c are undesirable. Tough type. Easy to find, but hard to get nice eye appeal.

 

The bust 25c die variety appears to be Browning-4 (rarity r.1), small reverse letters, denomination "25 C." small and high, last "1" in date almost entirely under curl.

 

I agree with Mark H's grades, good buys for the price, I especially like that bust quarter, I still do not have any of them, I would venture the 1834 is 0-102, but I am not measuring just comparing the stars and how close star 8 and 13 are to miss libertys curls and cap.

 

I also agree with mark h's grading.

 

Looks like the quarter is a B-4 R-1 coin. Maybe after dinner I will feel energetic and do the bust halves.

 

much appreciated. Thank you mark

 

I see 900fine beat me to the punch on the 1831 quarter. I think the 1810 is a O-106a, but not positive. Can someone else confirm it?

1834 Large Date, Large Letters O-103 R-2.

At least that is what I think those two varieties are. Here is a good site to use for Bust halves

 

Do you think the rim damage was caused by the edge lettering which is mentioned in the fourth edition? Would a picture of the edge help to determine it?

 

It is possible, but I do not know. The ones I looked at look like the reverse at 7 o'clock - flattened rim with dentils still showing. I guess in a latter die state or bad strike this could happen, but I am just not positive. And yes I have the forth edition also - check some of them out over on coinzip.

 

I like the bust quarter the best!

 

Love those busties. That quarter is a very nice example and I think that Mark's grading is pretty spot on. The only thing I really don't like is the rim ding on the 1810, but sometimes to get a really nice coin you have to take one with a rim ding or a gouge in the field.