1876 California Fractional Gold 1/4 Dollar Bg-884 Or Bg-881?

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coinworldtv Pillar of the Community Austria 566 Posts	Posted 06/22/2015 6:18 pm Hi guys, I have this tiny gold coin, which was certified by PCGS as BG-881, but after a tip from a specialist in this type of coins it seems, that it is a BG-884. Interestingly teh BG-884 is described usually as an overdate (personally I can not see any 8 here), and a higher valuation (at least according to the PCGS coin value service). Otherwise I see much more BG-884 certified than BG-881. I am wondering which one is more rare and if anyone agrees with me, that there is no overdate evident here (but still I think, that this must be a BG-884 as the expert stated in his opinion). Here are the pictures: Edited by coinworldtv 06/22/2015 6:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff

SilverStackerKid Pillar of the Community United States 6478 Posts	Posted 06/22/2015 6:20 pm I can not verify any varieties but PCGS does not guarantee the attribution like ANACS does. So I would just label it with the correct, if not already, attribution. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 06/22/2015 9:15 pm 881 and 884 are the same die pair, and the overdate is pretty crude, just as seen here. For my money, this is 884 and values are probably weird simply from inconsistent demand. There are apparently more 881's in slabs but the total count doesn't exceed 50 in either case. Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 06/22/2015 9:58 pm I'm no expert here but your piece looks like a BG-884 to me. Here's one from Heritage archives that's attributed 884 and looks like yours. http://coins.ha.com/itm/california-...Lot=1x=0&y=0 ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
coinworldtv Pillar of the Community Austria 566 Posts	Posted 06/23/2015 03:52 am Agree, it is an 884. Thank you for your help. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 06/23/2015 05:27 am BG-884 ANACS usually gets these right...usually. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/23/2015 10:13 am Quote: 881 and 884 are the same die pair, If they are the same die pair, they should be the same variety and one needs to be delisted. Quote: PCGS does not guarantee the attribution like ANACS does. PCGS does guarantee their attributions now (although I don't know how they settle the problem) NGC still does not guarantee their attributions. Report this Post to the Staff
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