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Quarter

1861-P Seated Liberty Quarter (1838-1891)

FS-101

Key Features

FS-101: Doubled Die Obverse Source: https://www.greysheet.com/prices/sp/liberty-seated-united-states-quarters/8944/1861 This robust design run bore witness to massive gold discoveries, Western frontier settlement, and deep wartime duress.

Intriguing History

By 1861, the Civil War had upended the nation: hard money vanished from circulation as people hoarded gold and silver, the government issued paper greenbacks to fund the war effort, and the phrase "In God We Trust" was added to U.S. coinage in 1864 amid the conflict's darkest years. This Seated Liberty quarter, in production for more than half a century, was struck during exactly this period.

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