NGC Graded Seated Liberty Quarters
The Seated Liberty Quarter was minted from 1938 to 1891. Compared to the earlier Draped Bust and Capped Bust quarter types, the Seated Liberty Quarter had an extraordinarily long run. On the surface, the design for the Seated Liberty quarter was consistent through its entire run of existence. The basic design featured a Seated Miss Liberty on the obverse, and an eagle on the reverse. But that basic design kept getting tweaked throughout this quarter’s 53-year run. Drapery was added, arrows were added and then subtracted, rays were added and then subtracted, a motto banner was added. This has resulted in eight different design phases of the Seated Liberty quarter.
 1853 Arrows Rays Seated Liberty Quarter NGC AU55 $333.00 |
 NGC 1853 Arrows Rays Seated Liberty Quarter in AU 55 Rim Cuds $256.00 |
 1855 LIBERTY SEATED 25C NGC MS 66 $19,425.00 |
 1859 25c NGC PR 62 LOW MINTAGE PROOF SEATED QUARTER $1,150.00 |
 1853 O ARROWS RAYS 25c NGC EF 45 BETTER SEATED LIBERTY QUARTER $495.00 |
 1891 Seated quarter NGC MS64 $890.00 |
 NGC 1840 O No Drapery Seated Quarter F15 $95.00 |
 1872 25 SEATED WM NGC PF64 $1,695.00 |
 1853 Seated quarter Arrows Rays NGC XF45 $220.00 |
 1858 SEATED LIBERTY QUARTER 25 CENT COIN NGC GRADED MS 65 SCARCE ESTATE LK $3,200.00 |
 1889 SEATED LIBERTY QUARTER NGC CERTIFIED PR 65 CAMEO $2,550.00 |
 NGC 1854 Arrows Seated Quarter VF35 $79.00 |
 1873 ARROWS SEATED QUARTER NGC XF45 $276.00 |
 1884 LIBERTY SEATED 25C NGC PR 67 $5,775.00 |
 1860 LIBERTY SEATED TYPE 2 25C NGC PR 65 $5,775.00 |
 1869 25C LIBERTY SEATED NGC PF67 STARTHE ONE TOP GRADED SPECIMEN ON PLANET $77,750.00 |
 1873 SEATED LIBERTY 25c PF65 NGC Arrows $5,900.00 |
 1865 SEATED LIBERTY 25c PF66 NGC $6,350.00 |
During its run, the Seated Liberty quarter was struck at the Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco and Carson City mints. The four big rarities in the Seated Liberty quarter series are all Carson City issues. The 1870-CC, the 1871-CC and the 1873-CC with Arrows. But the Grand-daddy of the entire series is the 1873-CC NO ARROWS type, of which there are only 6 known to exist.
