1864-S seated quarter

one of the coins that i got for christmas is a 1864-s seated quarter, my grandfather new little about the coins and i havent done much with them. i was wondering grade and value if anything?

 

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Wow amazing find. I would put at VG-08 with a value of 800! Got a key date there. On another note it looks like there was some cleaning attempted on the obverse. All in all I believe it would go for about 500

 

Even in low grades, this coin will command relatively high prices:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1864-S-US-S...97?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item45fedfe985

And with a mintage of just 20K, one of the scarcest of the early seated quarters.

 

Your grandfather, although not knowing much of coins gave you a real treasure! Nice score!

 

well i know for a fact that there was no cleaning at all. it went from my great grandfathers store to my grandfather and he put them in a box and forgot about them, and gave them to me for christmas. i cant wait to go through the rest of the coins.

 

Nice coin!

 

thanks. i think this might be worth getting graded for that price.

 

It definitely is!

 

It's a great coin but I feel the damage will keep it from grading.

 

thanks for everyone's help with this coin, i am going to take it to a local coin shop today.

 

Awesome gift there! Hang on to it.

 

i plan to for a long time.

 

Nice and RARE coin Kid Collector! even with the damage on the obverse.

One that I am still looking for.

 

okay, so i took the coin into a coin dealers shop, he said to soak in acetone for 2 days, and that would increase value... soak and to dry roll over with q-tip.

 

is that what i should do?

 

Whoa, that's a pleasant surprise of a gift!

 

A soak in acetone is a good idea but don't use q-tips. Don't rub or wipe the coin in any way. The acetone will dry in a few seconds.

 

ok, great to know, i will put before and after pics too.

 

ok, before photos are the first post, these are the after. . .



what do you think? any difference?

 

How long did you soak it?