1882 25C Shield Earring Quarter, Judd-1698, Pollock-1900, Low R.7, PR65 Cameo PCGS....

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1882 Shield Earring Quarter in Silver
Judd-1698, PR65 Cameo
Ex: Green

1882 25C Shield Earring Quarter, Judd-1698, Pollock-1900, Low R.7, PR65 Cameo PCGS. Ex: Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection. The Shield Earring design of George T. Morgan. A youthful Liberty faces right wearing a headband with the usual inscription, the band compressing the back portion of her hair. She wears a shield-shaped earring, with stars six left, seven right, date 1882 below. On the reverse a perched, defiant eagle occupies the center, clutching an olive branch and arrows. The reverse design is reminiscent of the Flying Eagle cent obverse and the Gobrecht dollar reverse, although the eagle faces right. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and QUARTER DOLLAR are the peripheral legends. Struck in silver with a reeded edge.

The Shield Earring patterns of 1882 rank among the most popular of all United States pattern types. Examples of the quarter, half dollar, and dollar were struck in both silver, as here, and in copper. According to USPatterns.com, only eight (or possibly nine) examples are known of Judd-1698. The present Gem Cameo proof displays terrific contrast that persists through a layer of golden-orange patina. Additional blue, violet, and crimson elements appear mainly on the reverse behind the eagle. Several post-striking lines appear at the back of the head of Liberty.

Roster of 1882 Shield Earring Quarters in Silver, Judd-1698
1. PR67 PCGS. Gaston DiBello Collection (Stack's, 5/1970), lot 353; Rudy Sieck; Rogers Fred; The Fred and Ward Collections (Bowers and Merena, 11/1995), lot 2258; Larry Hanks (6/1987); Higman-Alterman; Alhambra/Hanks; Pre-Long Beach Sale (Superior, 9/1999); Pre-Long Beach Sale (Superior, 2/2000); Central States Signature (Heritage, 4/2015), lot 5546.
2. PR67 NGC. Armand Champa Collection (Bowers and Ruddy, 5/1972), lot 1027; The Phillip Warner Sale (Hughes, 1/1980), lot 42; Novoselsky; Alhambra/Hanks; E. Fair Premier Sale (Heritage, 10/1999), lot 5768; Superior FPL (4-7/2000); The Jones Beach Collection (Heritage, 1/2007), lot 1609.
3. PR65 Cameo PCGS. "Col." E.H.R. Green; James Kelly (5/1943); Jesse Taylor; 61st Sale (New Netherlands, 6/1970), lot 88; Harry Bass Research Foundation. The present coin.
4. PR65 Cameo PCGS. Parmelee Collection (New York Coin & Stamp Co., 6/1890), lot 252; H.P. Smith Sale (S.H.& H. Chapman, 5/1906), lot 1463; John Story Jenks Collection (Henry Chapman, 12/1921), lot 5697; John H. Clapp; Clapp Estate, 1942; Louis Eliasberg, Sr.; The Eliasberg Collection (Bowers and Merena, 5/1997), lot 229; Bob R. Simpson Collection, Part III (Heritage, 1/2021), lot 3264.
5. PR65+ PCGS. The Randolph S. Rothschild Collection (Stack's, 10/2003), lot 1072; Queller Collection (Heritage, 1/2009), lot 1945; D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part VII (Stack's Bowers & Sotheby's, 3/2020), lot 7378.
6. PR64 PCGS. Public Auction Sale (Merkin, 9/1967), lot 555; The Whitney P. Sunderland Collection (Bowers and Merena, 3/1994), lot 1434 (owned by Julius Turoff).
7. Gem Proof. Dr. J. Hewitt Judd; An Illustrated History of United States Coins (Kosoff, 1962); Bowers and Ruddy; Florida Collection (complete set consigned to Bowers and Ruddy, 10/1976), lot 1225; Rudy Sieck; 1981 ANA Sale (Bowers and Ruddy, 7/1981), lot 164. The Pollock plate coin.
8. Proof. The Mint Cabinet; The Smithsonian Institution, National Numismatic Collection, inventory number 1985.0441.2070.

Additional Appearances
a. Gem Proof. Gunmetal blue-gray toned example once in possession of Julian Leidman, possibly the same as #5 above.

Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 535341, Greysheet# 255078)

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