1824/2 25C MS(PCGS#5335)

1824/2 25C MS (PCGS#5335)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Description du lot: Tompkins Die Stage 1/1, Rea et al. Die State P. Handsome and appealing for the grade, which will delight any numismatist. The obverse is perfect even mauve-gray, the reverse is similar but shows a hint of blue near the rim with traces of luster in the protected areas. Sharply impressed with minimal softness on Liberty's curls and on the eagle's talons, two areas which always show some degree of weakness in quarters of this type. The surface quality is well above average, scarcely a nick or mark is present; this is far and away finer than usually encountered for the grade. For identification, there is a minor scuff near the back of Liberty's cap, and a thin scratch extends below the letter C in AMERICA, around the tip of the eagle's left wing, to the junction of its talon and the uppermost arrow shaft.<p>All known 1824 quarters are overdates of the Browning-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. The NorthEast Collection specimen offered here is just outside of the Rea-Peterson-Karoleff-Kovach census published in 2010.