Lot 688
1806 Draped Bust Quarter Dollar. VF-35. Bright and lustrous, with the peripheries bathed in gold shades. Nicely struck for this middle die state, the stars and curls are sharp and the obverse had not yet been lapped when this one was struck. There is a vertical die break on the obverse, and some rim crumbling above TE of STATES. A few minor ticks are noted, two above LIB, another near star ten, and there is a shallow scratch down from the eighth star. Minor hairlines on both sides, and the reverse also has some minor ticks from handling. Struck from clashed dies.
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
From Stack's sale May, 1990, lot 443.
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