Liberty Seated Quarters

(1838-1891)

No Motto (1838-1866)

For over a decade, renowned banknote plate engraver and medalist Christian Gobrecht had been seeking a permanent position with the Mint. By the early 1800s, however, the nepotism permeating the Mint’s employment practices was firmly entrenched. This engraver was that mint director’s nephew, that official was another official’s son, and so on. Professionally gifted as he was, but unrelated to any person-of-influence, Gobrecht unsuccessfully pursued the position of chief engraver. And ironically, he was without question, the best qualified for the job.

One of seven children of a German immigrant minister, Gobrecht was born in 1785, in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Right away he showed a talent for mechanics and inventions. After apprenticing to a clockmaker, he moved to Philadelphia in 1811, and acclaim for his work as an engraver soon came to the attention of.... (Expand Text)

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1840 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, DRAPERY MS64+ PCGS

DRAPERY. GEM SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES WITH A TINGE OF ROSE BLUE PERIPHERAL PATINA. JUST TWO MS65 COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. CAC.
$30,000.00

1842-O LIBERTY SEATED 25C, SMALL DATE MS62+ PCGS

SMALL DATE. VERY CHOICE SURFACES ENHANCED BY LIGHT BLUISH SILVERE-GRAY PATINA. ONLY TWO MINT STATE COINS GRADED BY PCGS. THIS IS THE SOLE HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
$120,000.00

1843 LIBERTY SEATED 25C PR64 PCGS

GEM SURFACES ENHANCED BY A ROSE/BLUE PATINA. ONLY 10 ORIGINALLY STRUCK. PITTMAN PEDIGREE. CAC.
$74,250.00

1845 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO PR64+ PCGS

GEM SURFACES HIGHLIGHTED WITH REDDISH/BLUE TONING. ONLY 6 STRUCK. TIED FOR SECOND HIGHEST GRADE AT PCGS. HIGHEST GRADED WITH A CAC STICKER. CAC.
$55,000.00

1845 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO PR65 PCGS

VERY RARE. ONLY 6-8 STRUCK. TIED WITH ONE OTHER FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. ELIASBERG PEDIGREE.
$120,000.00

1847-O LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO AU58 NGC

CHOICE SURFACES WITH GREYISH BLUE PATINA. VERY SCARCE NEW ORLEANS MINTED COIN. CAC.
$7,500.00

1849 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO PR64 PCGS

VIRTUAL GEM SURFACES WITH BLUISH AMBER TONING. MINTAGE OF ONLY 8 COINS. CAC.
$41,250.00

1850-O LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO MS64+ PCGS

GEM SURFACES WITH INCREDIBLE PERIPHERAL BLUISH/SEA GREEN TONING SURROUNDING LIGHT ROSE/AMBER TONED CENTER. TIED FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
$27,500.00

1850-O LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO MS64+ PCGS

GEM SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES ENHANCED WITH A LOVELY GREENISH AMBER PATINA. TIED FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
$27,500.00

1852-O LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO MS63 PCGS

CHOICE WHITE LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONE OF ONLY TWO SPECIMENS TO REACH MINT STATE GRADE AT PCGS. THIS IS THE SOLE HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS.
$55,000.00

1853/4 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, ARROWS AND RAYS MS65 PCGS

ARROWS AND RAYS. GEM SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
$77,000.00

1856-S LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO MS63 PCGS

CHOICE LUSTROUS SURFACES WITH BLUE-ROSE PATINA. JUST TWO COINS GRADED HIGHER.
$20,000.00

1857-O LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO MS64 PCGS

VERY CHOICE LUSTROUS SPECIMEN WITH LIGHT BLUISH/AMBER PATINA. JUST A SINGLE MS65 COIN GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. CAC.
$13,500.00

1858 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO PR65 Cameo NGC

GEM LUSTROUS SURFACES WITH LIGHT, WATERY PROOF SURFACES. ONLY 100 STUCK.
$7,000.00

1858 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO PR66 Cameo NGC

NO MOTTO. ONLY 100 STRUCK. JUST ONE PR66+CAM GRADED HIGHER.
$16,500.00

1858-S LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO AU58 PCGS

VERY CHOICE SPECIMEN SHOWING JUST A HINT OF WEAR UNDER A LIGHT ROSE GREENISH PATINA. JUST A SINGLE MS62 COIN GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. ELIASBERG PEDIGREE.
$16,500.00

1859-S LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO AU58 PCGS

CHOICE LUSTROUS WELL STRUCK SURFACES. VERY SCARCE IN ANY GRADE. SOLE HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS.
$71,500.00

1861-S LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO AU58 PCGS

CHOICE SATIN SURFACES. CONDITION CENSUS. JUST A SINGLE AU58+ GRADED HIGHER.
$30,000.00

1864 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO MS66+ PCGS

GEM SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES WITH AMBER TONE ACCENTUATED BY RICH GREENISH BLUE PERIPHERAL TONING. CIVIL WAR YEAR. CAC.
$26,400.00

1865 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, NO MOTTO MS66 PCGS

GEM SURFACES WITH LOVELY LIGHT IRIDESCENT TONING. ONLY TWO COINS GRADE HIGHER. LAST OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA COINS.
$23,500.00

1868 LIBERTY SEATED 25C, MOTTO MS66 PCGS

GEM SURFACES. AMBER, SEAGREEN TONING. JUST ONE COIN GRADED HIGHER.
$27,500.00