The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States

No. 2

Obverse: The same as [Browning] 1.

Reverse: Ends of scroll: left under space between E and D; right about even with extreme right of A. On scroll: I under T at left; S centered under S. The value, 25 C., is high near eagle; olive leaf at left of lower berry is connected with border.

Dies perfect.

Large 0, long peak to 1.
Olive leaf left of lower berry joins border.
Browning-2; Clapp-4; Duphorne-37; included B-3901; not in Haseltine.
Rarity-2.
Dies perfect or with faint reverse clash marks.
Proofs:
1. Mint Cabinet, No. 785, Smithsonian Institution.
2. "One-sided" Proof, Browning plate coin, later Dupont:1793. Not in Browning's inventory. Made in 1821; same comment as to B01.
3. Norweb:1531, $7,150. One-sided, as last.
Business strikes are very rare in Mint State, though easily found in lower grades. Among the better ones can be named.

1. ANS.
2. Boyd, WGC:70.
3. Neil:887. Prooflike.
4. 1973 ANA:1215.
5. Bowers & Ruddy RCR 26-29 (1976-77), "Gem"
6. 1977 NY Metropolitan (NERCA 3/77):205. Cleaned; lint mark before nose; prooflike obverse.
7. Reed Hawn:270.
8. Auction 79:580 (as "B-1"). Slight rubbing; obverse prooflike; probably AU+.
9. S.H. Chapman, 3/20/1920, J.W. Garrett:634. AU+.

Numerical Condition Census (RWM, Sr. [circa 1992]): 65, 63, 60PL, 60, 60, 60.

No. 3

Obverse: Date wide, not equally spaced, large wide 0, not quite centered under curl, slightly to left; lower left star points to between first and second fold in drapery; upper right star not close to cap.

Reverse: Ends of scroll: left under upright of D; right under center of foot of A. On scroll: I not quite centered under T, slightly to left; S centered under S. In the value, 25 C., 25 is low, close to border with C high, and further from 5 than in any other variety.

Obverse die cracked around at left, connecting all stars at left, and 1 and 8 in date. Reverse die perfect.

Large 0, normal peak to 1; close date, low 8.
25 C. spaced far apart; 25 close, 5 leans far to right.
Browning-3; Clapp-2; Duphorne-35; Breen-3900; Haseltine-2.
Rarity-4.
First variety of the year.
All seen have the crack described.

1. Charles Jay:142. Uncirculated.
2. Kern:1404. Uncirculated. Not seen.
3. Boston Jubilee:382. (NERCA 7/24-6/80). "AU+."
4. Bergen:42. EF.
5. WGC:71, VF.
6. J.H. South:437. VF. Possibly the same as preceding.

Numerical Condition Census (RWM, Sr. [circa 1992]): 63, 60, 60, 60, 55, 55.