1853 O Seated Quarter With Rays Bad Die

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larrw New Member United States 20 Posts	Posted 01/15/2012 02:03 am I had the opportunity to go home this weekend and stopped at 2 local coin shops. I got this from the first shop I went to. I went through a bag of his Barber coins that he just got in the shop and bought a few of them. Then I seen this wore out dirty Seated quarter in the display case, so I asked him how much he wanted. He grabbed it up, looked at it and said $10 bucks. I said ok. It Looked neat and it wasnt over priced. Anyways, I suppose its one of those re engraved dies, and I think they did a really poor job. The reverse letters look double died and theres other LOUD errors on this coin. I suppose the die was about to be tossed. The wear on the coin is uneven too. Just wanted to share it so others could see. On the Reverse the letters F AMERICA and QUAR.DOL. appear double die. And the first Dot after QUAR has 2 mini dots beside it. One on each side. (or mabey its just a bad R. and .D) Inside the Q AR the letters appear to be filled in. And check out the E in America. It has a V cut into it...Some of the rays also look redone. On the Obverse the 2 stars on the right side also appear doubled but I didnt bother trying to shoot a pic of them. Tried to scan the coin but it didnt show the details well enough so I tried to take pictures with my cellphone and a loop on the end. So sorry for the pics in advance. Its a neat collector piece at the least. Anyone else have this variety? Edited by larrw 01/15/2012 12:43 pm Report this Post to the Staff

biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 01/15/2012 2:27 pm Step 1 is a soak in distilled water, followed by acetone if necessary, to get the obverse down to the coin. That's not tarnish, looks more like cola. Otherwise, a solid G coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Drsandman2 Pillar of the Community United States 1374 Posts	Posted 01/15/2012 4:08 pm I see Longacre Doubling! There is plenty of info on this type of doubling if you search the forums. :D Report this Post to the Staff
kookoox10 Pillar of the Community United States 1054 Posts	Posted 03/16/2012 6:17 pm And the 1853 Seated coins (quarters & halves) w/rays have always had problems with die cracks, chips, lots were in terminal state. The rays compromised the die to the point where they would deteriorate frequently. Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 03/17/2012 5:33 pm agreed with Drsandman2 Report this Post to the Staff
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