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1845-P Seated Liberty Quarter (1838-1891)
FS-301
Key Features
FS-301: Repunched Date Source: https://www.greatcollections.com/Auction-Archive/US-Coin-Prices/11/Quarter-Dollars/38/Seated-Liberty-Quarters/395928/ This robust design run bore witness to massive gold discoveries, Western frontier settlement, and deep wartime duress.
Intriguing History
In 1845, President Polk's expansionist agenda was reshaping the map: the Mexican-American War added vast new territory in the Southwest, and the discovery of gold in California in 1848 was just beginning to pull fortune-seekers west and pour fresh bullion into the nation's mints. This Seated Liberty quarter, in production for more than half a century, was struck during exactly this period.
Total Weight6.25 g