Lot 2207
1853 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. 3 over 4. Arrows and rays. NGC graded MS-61. What a strange concoction! Here's a backwards "overdate", or perhaps we should call this a "predate" as the primary date 1853 obviously comes before 1854, which is the underdate. As noted in Breen's Encyclopedia, this variety is very rare, and also he notes "prohibitively rare in mint state". This is borne out in the NGC Population Report which notes only 5 coins graded in Mint State, all between MS-61 and 63. This particular one has satiny gray surfaces with intact luster in the fields. Fully struck from an early die state, with the characteristic repunching on the 853 present, and the recut arrow shaft very plain above the right arrow shaft. The undertype 4 is primarily visible within the upper loop of the 3, with the peak just over the top of that digit as well. There is a light die crack connecting the outer points of stars ten and eleven down towards star twelve at the rim. Minor handling marks peppered over the surfaces. A rare and seldom offered coin. In NGC holder #919851-002.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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