GTG 1857 Quarter

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Another nice one, but I just don't know. AU-53 maybe...

 

Au -55

 

50

 

53

 

AU55, reverse clashed with flying eagle cent. Aaaaaaand, boom goes the dynamite. That's a $3500 coin.

 

If you cherrypicked that off eBay then I'm forever mad at you.

 

nice,AU55-56 at least....

 

AU, neat cherrypick

 

I wish I could have cherrypicked it. I looked at every 1857 on Ebay for years and years. I finally gave up and just bought one. I'll post the grade tonight.

 

MS63/64. And that's a very well-struck one. Congrats on it.

 

Wrong direction eddie. Hint. Think of how the grading services treat a woody. I'm not calling this a woody, it's not. Just funky toning caused by ?.

 

You weren't the only one. It's still one of my saved searches, but I never found one. Bought a couple that I thought may have been, but, no dice.

 

That's funny. I bought 6 or 8 thinking I saw something in the image. I was wrong every time. I have seen 2 or 3 over the years but they had problems and folks knew what they were. Fun stuff.

 

This is the FE with the matching clash.

 

Not again! Lol.

I know on the whole they don't give woodies fair grades. If they graded your coin down for the color, I hope they're not driving, because I think they're intoxicated.

 

I will say this... nearly ALL 1857's had areas that were weakly struck, no matter what die pairing. Flat stars, flat eagle feathers, shallow letters, etc. And even though strike is a part of grading, 1857's with awesome luster can still be graded quite high.

 

I'd call it a 53, with a shot at 55 if the luster is strong in hand.

And how in the hell does a quarter clash with a cent? That sounds like mint shenanigans to me! I'm not a fan of these "manufactured" oddities, even if that is an attractive coin.

 

There are a slew of 1857's that clashed. Many denominations. Everyone's best guess is that someone was screwing off at the Mint after hours.

 

AU 58 PQ.