Owner Comments:
1869 25C Standard Silver Quarter, (Copper)
Judd-736, Pollock-817
Rarity: High R.7; PR66RB
Ex: Major Lenox R. Lohr and Empire Coin Co
Struck in copper with a plain edge.
Obverse: Liberty, wearing a headband inscribed with LIBERTY in raised letters and a star at the front, faces right. A plain ribbon gracefully flows through Liberty's hair and across her shoulders. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is at the upper rim, with IN GOD WE TRUST in a ribbon below.
Reverse: The denomination "25 CENTS' in the center of a wreath composed of oak and laurel leaves, "STANDARD SILVER" is above the wreath and the date "1869" is below and outside the wreath at the border
Comment:
63.1 grains. Diameter: 0.899 inches. Die alignment: 170°.
USPatterns.com states "less than a dozen are known." This rose-red pattern is well struck except on the EN in CENTS, opposite the highest portion of the high-relief bust. The dies are slightly rotated, and a wire rim is present on the upper obverse border and right reverse border. Unabraded, though the obverse exhibits a few tiny blue flecks.
Provenance/Appearances:
From Heritage Dec 2022 / Lot #4075 priors:
- Heritage July 2013 Orlando /Lot #3486 (NGC 65RD)
- Heritage Oct 2012 ANA Dallas/ Lot #5406 (NGC 65RD)
- Heritage Jan 2008 FUN sale/ Lot #3597 (NGC 65RD)
- Heritage Nov 2001 Santa Clara / Lot # 6746 (NGC 65RD)
- Bowers & Merena June 1991 (George N. Polis) / Lot #1122 (PR64 95% RD)
- Ex Major Lenox R. Lohr Collection, Empire Coin Co., 1961