1845 Liberty Seated Quarter. Repunched Date, Large 5/Small 5. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC.

1845 Liberty Seated Quarter. Repunched Date, Large 5/Small 5. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC.，Offered is a handsome and premium Choice example of this underrated condition rarity among early Liberty Seated quarters. Warmly toned in pearl gray, both sides also reveal more vivid blue, gold and pink undertones. The texture is satiny and overall smooth, and the strike is sharp throughout. As a group, Liberty Seated quarters of the 1840s are among the more overlooked among U.S. silver issues. None of the circulation strikes from that decade were saved to a great extent; instead the issues saw heavy commercial use that claimed most examples. The mintage of the 1845 is 922,000 pieces, the second highest among pre-1853 Liberty Seated quarters. Perhaps not surprisingly, the 1845 is one of the most available 1840s quarters in worn condition, but in Mint State it is scarce to rare in all grades. The present example has the added distinction of the Briggs 3-C attribution, a prominent repunched date variety with a loupe clearly revealing remnants of a small 5 beneath the primary large 5.，From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Acquired from Stacks Bowers Galleries, November 2014; via Larry Stack.，