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Grading a seated liberty quarter?
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I purchased this coin a couple of months ago and would like to know......
What would you grade this 1861 seated liberty quarter?
Also what is its value?
2 Answers
- TaipingLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
The coin grades about good. The obverse grades about good-3 while the reverse is about good-2. Lets just call it about good. Most coins in this grade are not worth much no matter how old they are. This however is a civil war date, I bought one in very good to fine condition, on Yahoo auctions a month or two ago for $19. to bad they closed the auction site for there were some good buy there. There is no dealer bid listed for an AG coin. The dealer bid is $18 for a grade good coin. To me it is worth $8-$10 and most dealers I know would take the cash. For the time it had a huge mintage 4,853,600 so it is far from scarce. Most were hoarded due to the war. I bet this one made it out west where it was used. It is a historic coin no matter where it has been.
Source(s): 47 years a numismatist, Red Book a Guide to U.S. Coins, Offical ANA grading standards, Coin Dealers Newsletter. - silverpetLv 61 decade ago
Go with Taiping on this one. I agree with his grading of About Good. Part of the reverse rim and upper legend are gone so that prevented it from being graded Good. As for the value, I have seen a few sites selling the same grade quarter for around $10 to $13, but I would personally value it at $10. AG coins are normally space-fillers but since most of the Seated Lib quarters sell above $30 in grade Fine, grades in the Good range may be 'good' enough for cost savvy collectors trying to put together a complete date set or just going for the historical significance of the date.