Lovely golden brown surfaces with peripheral iridescent toning. Choice surfaces. This is an exceptional example for the grade. Only three finer examples are listed among 13 coins in the JRCS census. This obverse was used for 1828 B-1, 2, and 3 quarters. The reverse die was earlier used for the famous 1822 version of this blundered die variation.

Perfect dies.

Walter Breen had the following to say about this variety: "This reverse die, like the blundered 1824/3/2/1/0 half dollar obverse, was one of Scot's closet skeletons, retrieved from his vault after his death and briefly used for economy reasons."

We consider Breen's comments to be quite harsh. There is no doubt that this blundered die was set aside after its use in 1822, and most likely was used for reasons of economy. Certainly the savings in engraving costs at the Mint was a factor. Calling this a "closet skeleton" hidden by Scot in "his vault" seems to be a rather strong, undocumented comment.

Purchased from Julian Leidman.