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Quarter

1877 Seated Liberty Quarter (1838-1891)

FS-301

Key Features

FS-301: Repunched Date Source: https://www.lccoins.com/default/1877-cc-liberty-seated-silver-quarter-rpd-fs-301-ms62-pcgs-1.html This robust design run bore witness to massive gold discoveries, Western frontier settlement, and deep wartime duress.

Intriguing History

By 1877, the Gilded Age was picking up speed: the Bland-Allison Act of 1878 forced the Treasury to buy huge quantities of silver and coin it into dollars whether commerce actually needed them or not, while railroads, heavy industry, and a wave of immigration reshaped the economy under Presidents Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur. This Seated Liberty quarter, in production for more than half a century, was struck during exactly this period.

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