1824/2 25C MS(PCGS#5335)

Spring 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

7164

Grade

XF40

Price

2,640

Lot Description

1824/2 Capped Bust Quarter. B-1. Rarity-3. EF-40 (PCGS). Blooms of honey-gold luster illuminate the lower obverse and upper reverse borders of this desirable overdate. The patina is otherwise dove-grey and undisturbed by abrasions. Areas of planchet roughness are noted across the high points of the obverse but this goes unnoticed without magnification. All known 1824 quarters are overdates of the B-1 die marriage. Federal records indicate a mintage of 168,000 quarters for calendar years 1824 and 1825 combined, with examples of the former year far rarer in numismatic hands. In fact, researchers believe that most of the coins that comprise this mintage were struck from 1825-dated dies, the actual mintage of the 1824-dated issue likely on the order of just 16,000 or so coins. PCGS# 5335. Click here for certification details from PCGS.