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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 3294999, member: 8959&quot;]Besides early coppers and dimes I also have an interest in draped and capped bust quarters. The older the better.</p><p>Early quarters, more so of the Draped Bust type are also interesting because they are relatively scarce: the mint in the early days did not really see the need for a coin in this denomination, specially since the need for small silver coinage was well served by the Spanish or Spanish American two reales coin which circulated widely. Total mintage of all draped bust quarters minted between 1796 and 1807 was a relatively small half a million.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only 6146 quarters were minted in 1796 with the small eagle reverse. These are today accordingly scarce and are desirable as a one-year type. Mintage was only resumed in 1804 with a 4-year production run, this time with the Heraldic Eagle reverse. The first year of this new type was also minted in small numbers with 6738 examples struck in that year. 1804 quarters are actually scarcer than those of 1796, but not valued by collectors as highly as those of 1796. Everyone wants an 1796 and the prices reflect</p><p>that.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are my examples - one for each year of mintage. Still missing the 1796 (of course) and the 1806/5 which the Red Book lists separately.</p><p><br /></p><p>1804 Browning Variety-1, R-4:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]871975[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]871976[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1805 Browning-4, R-4:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]871977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]871978[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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