California--Sacramento. J.L. POLHEMUS / DRUGGIST / 190 J. ST. COR. 7TH / SACRAMENTO CAL. on a 1856-S Liberty Seated quarter. Brunk P-563, Miller Calif-1A. VG-8 (NGC).An excellent example of the popular James Lozier Polhemus counterstamp. Brunk lists 11 known examples of this counterstamp on a 1856 quarter, how many of those are from the San Francisco Mint is unknown.From our (Bowers and Merenas) sale of the Russell B. Patterson Collection, March 1985, lot 1699; our sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XXIII, August 2013, lot 21878. Lot tags and collector envelopes with attribution and provenance notes included.
