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J-335 1863 25c Patterns NGC PR66
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J335 1863 25C Pattern
NGC PF66
Coin ID: RC3177037
Inquire Price: 13,000.00 - SOLD - 6/17/2017*
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J-335 - 1863 Quarter Pattern - J335 1863 25C Pattern NGC PF66. R7. This rare, Civil War dated, silver 1863 quarter dollar pattern is tied for the finest known at NGC and finer than any at PCGS. It comes with the provenance of the Exemplar Collection. The coin is a lustrous, toned proof in Premium condition. The surfaces are a mixture of tan and light chocolate brown with touches of gold, olive, and blue. These colors attest to the coins originality. The surfaces are also free of hairlines that are visible without magnification. The strike, is of course, full as expected for a proof coin.

The J-335 pattern quarter was struck in silver. It was also struck in copper (J-336) and aluminum (J-337). It is a transitional pattern for a design that was produced later. The obverse shows the regular Seated Liberty die for 1863. The reverse is similar to the regular die, but the motto IN GOD WE TRUST has been added to a ribbon above the eagle. This design was adopted in 1866.

Christian Gobrecht designed the Seated Liberty quarter. The obverse depicts Liberty seated looking over her shoulder to the left. She balances the Union Shield inscribed LIBERTY with her right hand and holds a staff on which is placed a Phrygian cap in her left. There are seven stars to the left and six to the right interrupted by her head and the capped pole. The date is below. The reverse shows the heraldic eagle looking left. It is surrounded by the required inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the denomination written as QUAR. DOL. below. Dentils are around the periphery of both sides of the coin.

Both before and during the Civil War almost a dozen Protestant denominations pressured Congress to add references to God to the Constitution and other government documents. Reverend Mark Richards Watkinson was the first to write to Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase to request that Gods name be added to our coinage. His suggestion for a motto was God, Liberty, Law. Chase ordered Mint Director James Pollock to prepare a suitable motto. Pollocks suggestions included Our Trust Is In God, Our God And Our Country, and God Our Trust. Then Chase decided on In God We Trust to be added to most of the nations coinage. This motto was a subtle reminder that the North considered itself on the side of God with regard to the issue of slavery. A new law was required to allow the motto to be added since previous acts of Congress specified the mottos and devices that were permitted on coins. The new motto was placed on all coins that were deemed large enough to accommodate it.

Gobrecht became the third Chief Engraver at the United States Mint. He was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania in 1785. His father was a German immigrant, and his mother traced her ancestry to the early settlers of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Gobrecht married Mary Hewes in 1818. One of his early positions was as an engraver of clocks in Baltimore. Later he went to Philadelphia where he became a banknote engraver. He invented a machine that allowed one to convert a three-dimensional medal into an illustration. In 1826 Gobrecht did his first work for the Mint as an assistant to William Kneass. After Kneass suffered a debilitating stroke, Gobrecht did all the die and pattern work for the Mint. He became Chief Engraver in 1840 and served until his death in 1844. He was famous for his Liberty Seated motif, which was used for all denominations of silver coinage including the half-dime, dime, quarter dollar, half dollar and silver dollar. He also designed the Liberty Head gold eagle, a motif that was also used on the half-cent, the cent, the gold quarter eagle, and the gold half eagle.

The 1863 25C pattern, J-335, has an R7 rarity rating, which means that 7 to 12 pieces are known in all grades. In its population report, NGC shows 2 in PF66 condition with none better. At PCGS the highest certified are 2 in PF64 condition.


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