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Valued Member
Canada
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I have about 100 1973 RCMP quarters. Whats the easiest way to tell(by naked eye) if they are the Small or Large bust?
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Valued Member
Canada
334 Posts |
Look at the hair detail . The small bust has more detail in the hair .
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Valued Member
 Canada
263 Posts |
Im probably just bad on the net as a whole lol, but I can find a comparison pic. Can someone post one?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1192 Posts |
The tip of the bust on the bottom right will almost line up vertically with the leftmost part of the "A" on the large bust. On the small bust there will be a gap.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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from the pictures I can see that the large bust has the extended serif on the "A" in regina, and the small bust has a very small serif
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1923 Posts |
The easiest way to tell is to look at the denticles the large bust the denticles are tight to the edge of the coin
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Valued Member
United States
447 Posts |
Just two quick questions for education purposes:
Which one is rarer?
What is the value difference?
Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9862 Posts |
MS64 small bust $10
MS64 large bust $1500
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1923 Posts |
The one on the left is the rarest one MS-60 $350.00 regular one Ms-60 $0.75
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Valued Member
Canada
263 Posts |
100 have been searched, no luck lol. When I get another 100 from roll searching, will try again.
Thanks for all of the great responses.
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Valued Member
United States
447 Posts |
WOW!!!
I need to pull out my Canadian quarter book and take a look.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
most of the large bust variety are found in yearly sets.
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Moderator
 Canada
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Easiest way is to get a 1974 25-cent (which is a large bust), and use that to compare with...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think I heard way back when that all the business strike large bust went out west and the east got the small bust ones. I know a few bar waiters in New Westminster, BC who done well on them from change in the 70's. I was lucky enough to find a MS-64 years ago
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have always looked at the beads. The beads are near the edge on the large bust, just like the 1972 bust.
When I was a paper boy in Ottawa (for the now long dead Journal) in 1973, this error was discovered. A friend of mine (age 13) found one first. Boy was I mad! But I did I find two.... one then and one a couple of years back when I opened a roll of 1973 quarters that I had made up in 1973. Both now in ICCS MS64 flips.....they were the ones that boosted the MS64 population a couple of years back. I sold one.....will keep the other as a keepsake.
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