1796 25C B-2, R.3 -- Repaired -- PCGS Genuine. VF Details....

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1796 Quarter Dollar, VF Details
B-2, Small Eagle Type Coin

1796 25C B-2, R.3 -- Repaired -- PCGS Genuine. VF Details. Tompkins Die State 2/1, obverse lapped. The surfaces display muted olive-gray and army-green patina and a generally smooth texture. Evidence of tooling appears around the RTY in LIBERTY. The remainder of the coin is pleasing and well-detailed, particularly in Liberty's hair curls and the eagle's wing feathers.

The 1796 quarter dollar is highly sought-after in any condition as a scarce first and single-year type with the Small Eagle reverse. Only 6,146 pieces were struck before quarter dollar coinage was suspended until 1804, by which point the reverse design had been changed. Resources at the early Mint during this period were more focused on half cents and cents, and on silver dollars as requested by depositors of silver bullion. The smaller U.S. silver denominations had little demand in the early days of the Mint, since commercial needs were still almost entirely served by the well-established Spanish dollar and its subsidiary denominations. Luckily for modern collectors, the novelty of the Small Eagle quarter dollar of 1796 prompted enough pieces to be saved that it is usually obtainable today, albeit, for a price.

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