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Just waiting for it to arrive.

 

N-4 R.2. Alas an old cleaning

 

An old and a new....

 

Picked up these quarters for my type set.

 

Found this nice 1937 in a bank roll yesterday, I really liked the coloring

 

Sweet find

 

Here are two new (to me) bust quarters. The first is 1819 B-2, R3. It is graded G4 by ANACS and has a wonderful old, dirty, worn, original appearance.



The other one is 1833 B-2, R2. This coin has a lot of interesting things going on with it. The obverse shows shield bar clash marks near the ear (often called “ear bars”) and there is evidence of die pitting corrosion near stars 7 and 8 and around the date. The reverse die is also very interesting. It is one of two reverse dies for this series without a period after the 25 C. The O in “OF” is also repunched over an F. The eagle is also made from a hub that was only used to make this die. There is speculation that Christian Gobrecht May have been the engraver that produced this hub. The coin is graded F12 by NGC.

 

Although a lot of these coins were in bank rolls (including this one) it’s really amazing what customers will pay with for necessities (usually cigarettes). I’ve had people pay with 6 silver half dollars, 31 silver dimes (29 mercury), a complete clad proof set (broken out of the case), crisp red seal $2 dollar bills with sequential serial numbers, silver certificates.... And of course my holy grail of finds, a 1890 Morgan and a 1923 Peace dollar for a $1.50 purchase.

Sometimes I just get lucky.

 

Down in a super market in Va. I watched two teens trying to put 18 morgans into a coinstar machine.
Of course I helped them dispose of such problem coins...and yeah I'm 100 % sure they came from grand pa's hoard.

 

@Randy Abercrombie

 

Mintage 250!!?!?!?!?

 

I like you a lot.... But you are a terrible influence on me.....

 

Why do I hear the candy man lyrics after your last post Randy?

 

Those are unspeakably grand!