Lot 330
1841 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Double die reverse. PCGS graded AU-58. This variety was discovered in the small hoard of 1841 and 1842 quarters discovered in New Orleans before 1970, only a single coin with the double die reverse was found in that hoard. Doubling is most obvious on ED STATES OF. Noted to be "very rare" in the Breen Encyclopedia, and not commonly found in any grade. As the coin found in the New Orleans hoard was probably a similar grade, but all coins found in that hoard had discoloration and matte surfaces from underwater storage. Not so here, this piece is frosty and only lightly toned with silver-gray highlights. Boldly struck and undoubtedly rare as a variety. One for the date collector or variety specialist who wants a coin with all the eye appeal of an uncirculated coin and doesn't want to settle for the usually seen cleaned hoard examples.
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