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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 1374455, member: 22004&quot;]They gave it a &quot;Browning 3&quot; for rarity.&nbsp; The John Reich society is the expert on Bust halves and quarters, I am hoping to get more info. from them.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/VPCategories.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/VPCategories.aspx" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #004182">VarietyPlus</span></a> » <a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/VPSubCategory.aspx?subid=10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/VPSubCategory.aspx?subid=10" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #004182">Draped Bust &amp; Capped Bust Quarters (1796-1838)</span></a> » 1825/4 &quot;L&quot; STAMP 25C B-3</p><p><br /></p><p>[h=1]1825/4 &quot;L&quot; STAMP 25C B-3[/h][TABLE]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]Variety Diagnostics</p><p>The letter L was punched above Liberty&#039;s head. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Comments</p><p>The where, when and by whom of this punching has been lost, but these counterstamped coins have been known since the 19th Century and are popularly collected.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found the following at PCGS&#039; site:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #004182">Ron Guth</span>: Recent research by students of the Capped Bust Quarter series discovered that all 1825 Quarter Dollars are struck from 1825/4/2 Quarter Dollars.&nbsp; Thus, what were previously considered as 1825/3 and 1825/4/(2) Quarter Dollars are now all 1825/4/2, regardless of how clear the overdate is. </p><p>Three die marriages comprise the entire mintage for this year:</p><p>Browning 1 - Rare</p><p>Browning 2 - Fairly Common</p><p>Browning 3 - Scarce</p><p><b>Sources and/or recommended reading:</b></p><p>Rory Rea et al, <i>Early Quarter Dollars of the United States Mint: 1796-1838</i> (Rory Rea: 2011), 184-198</p><p><br /></p><p>[/TD]</p><p>[/TR]</p><p>[/TABLE][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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