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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1989384, member: 66"]All of the 1820's quarters had a curl top 2. This coin has a club top. The 1830's had club tops to their 3's, but they did not have the scroll above the eagle. So it can't be altered from any 1830's coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverses of the with scroll quarters come with two different styles of 2 in the denomination a curl base 2 and a flat based 2 with a strong ending serif. This coin has a curl base 2. The curl base 2 only comes on 1815, 1818, 1819 B-3, B-4, 1822 B-2, 1827 B-1, and 1828 B-4. I have been able to eliminate all of these reverses except rev H used on 1818 B-10.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obv of 1818 B-10 has an engravers scratch from the inner point of star 2 toward the bust. This coin has that engravers scratch, and all of the star points point to the same locations on the denticals. This is an altered date 1818 B-10. It also appears to altered the very rare early die state. (overall the variety is only an R-3)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1989384, member: 66"]All of the 1820's quarters had a curl top 2. This coin has a club top. The 1830's had club tops to their 3's, but they did not have the scroll above the eagle. So it can't be altered from any 1830's coin. The reverses of the with scroll quarters come with two different styles of 2 in the denomination a curl base 2 and a flat based 2 with a strong ending serif. This coin has a curl base 2. The curl base 2 only comes on 1815, 1818, 1819 B-3, B-4, 1822 B-2, 1827 B-1, and 1828 B-4. I have been able to eliminate all of these reverses except rev H used on 1818 B-10. The obv of 1818 B-10 has an engravers scratch from the inner point of star 2 toward the bust. This coin has that engravers scratch, and all of the star points point to the same locations on the denticals. This is an altered date 1818 B-10. It also appears to altered the very rare early die state. (overall the variety is only an R-3)[/QUOTE]
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