John's Circulated Key Dates
25c DRAPED BUST, SMALL EAGLE 1796


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: QUARTER DOLLARS - DRAPED BUST
Item Description: 25C 1796
Grade: PCGS F Details
Owner: JTO
 
Winning Set: John's Circulated Key Dates
Date Added: 3/21/2020
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

So She has the mumps and graffiti so nicely described as "Counter Stamped". Why not American Chop marks? I think that the "problem free" coins at some point will not be the be-all-and-end-all of collecting. In this case the coin pictured was in an auction with another that was problem free but with "About Good" grade (rubbed smooth) and sold for thousands more. I lost this coin in the Long Beach show a couple of years ago and now the price was less (because it is not a problem free coin). With only a a couple hundred of these one year coins in existence I would rather have a problem coin with fine "details" rather than a problem free coin with no "details". I could be all wrong...

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