Toned 1888 Seated Liberty .25 certified as Proof 62 by NGC and verified by CAC

I thought I would share a purchase I made from Northeast Numismatics today. I try to mix up my coin purchases with buying for my Walker sets primarily, but also giving attention to my growing type set. Only a few additions have been made to this set so far, and the additions I do make are usually high-grade, inexpensive, and high-mintage examples. This is a common strategy with type sets, and one I am employing.

Originally, the goal for my type set was to have all business strikes, but that goal changed today when I found a beautifully, dark-toned 1888 Seated Liberty quarter certified by NGC as a Proof 62. As I have stated in a previous post, I love the Seated Liberty design, and it is a design I would collect if I had an unlimited budget. The love for the design is one that played heavily into my purchase of a proof example instead of an MS example. Why not get the best quality available within my budget? Although the allure of having a coin that was meant for circulation is not present, I do have an exceptionally sharp-struck coin with some interesting toning.

I do not claim to have a vast knowledge of the proof Seated Liberty quarter series, but I'll include some information about this particular coin. According to NGC, there were only 832 proof examples struck in 1888, making this the rarest (by mintage) in my collection. As you can see from the picture, this particular coin's reverse is nicely toned. To the Eagle's left side (viewer's right), there are mostly blues and light green colors, and to the Eagle's right side (viewer's left) displays light orange, red and pink toning. The same colors exist on the obverse of the coin, but not nearly as much as the reverse.

Finally, I have noticed from looking at various Seated Liberty sets (every denomination) that there is information on die pairing. I believe the information come from Briggs, but I have yet to find information on proof Seated Liberty quarters (I'm not even sure if this type of info exists for proof SL quarters). If anyone could give me more information on this particular coin, or point me in the right direction, it would be much appreciated. I am young in age, and "serious" coin collecting, so I appreciate any guidance/information.

Thank you for viewing!

Respectfully,

Tyler

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