Lot 730
1854-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Huge O. AU-53. Breen-4002 and listed as "very rare" in his Encyclopedia. The surfaces show ample luster and a hint of gold toning around the periphery. While the obverse is pleasant in its own right, the reverse is spectacular, for there we see a dying die, with bizarre cracking and wave-like breaks through the lower third of the reverse. Clearly the reverse die was lapped and the "O" mintmark possibly strengthened with the results a huge, oblong and irregularly shaped mintmark. Breen's Encyclopedia has an excellent picture of this reverse under coin 4002. Breen also notes that this variety is "prohibitively rare above EF", this coin is a no brainer AU, and may qualify at a higher level with today's grading experts.
The "O" mintmark stands well above the surrounding devices and holding the coin on its edge clearly demonstrates this. A wonderful coin for the Liberty Seated specialist or Breen enthusiast.
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