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1878-S 25C MS65 NGC. Briggs 1-A. Noted Seated coinage expert Larry Briggs (author of the comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters) offers this analysis of the 1878-S: "I consider this coin to be one of the key coins of the series. I travel to 40+ shows a year and very seldom see this coin at all in any grade." He further suggests that many 1878-S quarters were melted at the San Francisco Mint and converted into Morgan silver dollars.
The 1878-S is scarce to the point that deceiving counterfeits exist, although the present coin clearly confirms as authentic by NGC and by die characteristics. A diagnostic die line in the dentils above Liberty's head near star 8 is sharp. Die lapping on the reverse is visible on the vertical shield lines as well as on the eagle's tailfeathers, the lower left leg, and at the olive leaves, branch, and berries. Despite the lapped die and some sporadic die rust, this Gem example is sharply struck and crisply defined with lustrous, bluish-gray surfaces and attractive olive overtones. There are no mentionable marks or abrasions to be seen on the smooth and appealing fields or devices. Census: 3 in 65, 0 finer (5/17).
HID02901242017
1878-S 25C MS65 NGC. Briggs 1-A. Noted Seated coinage expert Larry Briggs (author of the comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters) offers this analysis of the 1878-S: "I consider this coin to be one of the key coins of the series. I travel to 40+ shows a year and very seldom see this coin at all in any grade." He further suggests that many 1878-S quarters were melted at the San Francisco Mint and converted into Morgan silver dollars.
The 1878-S is scarce to the point that deceiving counterfeits exist, although the present coin clearly confirms as authentic by NGC and by die characteristics. A diagnostic die line in the dentils above Liberty's head near star 8 is sharp. Die lapping on the reverse is visible on the vertical shield lines as well as on the eagle's tailfeathers, the lower left leg, and at the olive leaves, branch, and berries. Despite the lapped die and some sporadic die rust, this Gem example is sharply struck and crisply defined with lustrous, bluish-gray surfaces and attractive olive overtones. There are no mentionable marks or abrasions to be seen on the smooth and appealing fields or devices. Census: 3 in 65, 0 finer (5/17).
HID02901242017