Sharpness slightly finer with very faint hairlines over light gray surfaces. Second finest of 11 coins recorded in the JRCS census. A scarce variety with few high-grade examples known. This variety is the first of three die marriages representing a very short sequence in the overall emission of small size quarters. Each variety, including 1835 B-4, B-5, and B-6 is from a unique obverse all with a common reverse die.

The obverse is extensively cracked. A thin crack connects stars 1 through 4 to border over star 5. Another crack from the border midway between the date and star 13 crosses the bust to star 3 and the border.