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Quarter Dollars 1892-s NGC graded Mint State 65. <b>First year of issue as well as the scarcest 1892-dated Quarter, the mint having struck fewer than a million pieces. This is a classy looking Gem Brilliant Uncirculated with dazzling luster, bathed in light to medium purple gray with gold in the undertone, and struck boldly. Even the littlest detail is sharp. A handsome gem. The bill which ordered a change in the design of the silver coins, and which further authorized the Treasury Department to change any coin design after it had been in use for 25 years, passed Congress on September 26, 1890. This bill specifically called for a change in the Silver Dollar and the Nickel as soon as it could be done realistically after the act passed. Had this part of the bill been followed by the Mint, it would have ended the Morgan Dollar series in 1891 and the Liberty Nickel likewise. The Barber design itself (for the Half and Quarter Dollar) brought together some suggestions from Mint Director Leech as well as a couple of last minute modifications (particularly the removal of Barber's original clouds above the stars on the reverse -- see Judd's Pattern book for a sample of the 1891 Patterns). As finally issued, these two denominations feature six-pointed stars on the obverse, as had been used on the Seated Liberty coinage, but five-pointed ones on the reverse (which had also been Barber's original choice for the obverse). These are the only regular circulation United States coins with stars having different numbers of points on the obverse and reverse and are the first regular issue coins since the Half Disme of 1792 which use five-pointed stars.</b> <p align="center">Superior Galleries was founded in 1929 and has been a leader in
the numismatic auction business since 1971.</p> <p align="center"><b>Consignments wanted for June 2 & 3, 2002 Pre-Long Beach Sale.</b></p> <p align="center"><b>Call Steve Deeds</b> at (800) 421-0754 ext 230.</p>
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