1831 over 1 bust Quarter

Good to know - most of the graded ones I have seen do not have it on there. If you want to attribute the coin go to heritage and look at the 1831 B-5 and B-7. They share the same obverse, but different reverses. Look at the arrow heads on the reverse of the B-5 and B-7. The B-7 arrow heads are small away from the border, while the B-5 are larger and almost touch the border. I do agree about getting the book - cause I am not 100% and all I have is the browning book. There are also 2 shown over on coinzip also for comparison.

 

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I live in the sticks the local shop guy isnt the sharpest tool in the shed. I I normaly go there for my silver or fillers.

he's also the kinda guy that wants to buy silver certs for a face value cus he says there worth nothing while he has a case of them for 5 bucks each. But for some reason hes cheap on PM's

 

That's true... not just for early silver, but copper as well.

TPG attribution adds cost and turnaround time. For PCGS, it's an extra $24 and 5 business days ! To me, that's a problem. Easy to see why so many valuable varieties aren't attributed.

You've heard it a million times - "Learn to grade for yourself - buy the coin, not the number". That is even more important with variety attribution than grading. If you're paying premium for a scarce die variety, verify it yourself. Never blindly trust the TPGs nor the seller; nobody's perfect.

The good news is variety attribution, unlike grading, is objective and discrete. Either a coin is variety -x- or it isn't. That's why you rarely hear squabbling about a die variety.

edited to add : Equally important when selling or owning a potentially valuable die variety. My motto : "Trust, but verify."

 

I didnt buy the coin becuase of the variety, I bought it from a good friend that knew I liked Bust coins. Up until the other day I didn't know it had any potential, other than a just a common over date. I will send the coin off as soon as I get some time but I will never sell. I have never sold a coin in 20 + years.