1796 Draped Bust Quarter. B-2. Rarity-3. EF-45 (PCGS). A boldly defined and attractive example of this great rarity. Pearly-grey patina at the centers is accented by rich shades of turquoise, golden bronze, and violet toning near the borders. Old marks are noted below Libertys chin and to the right of the date, but the surfaces are otherwise well composed beneath a glass. <p>The 1796 quarter has long been an object of desire for all who form type sets of American coinage. Struck only in this single year, the Draped Bust obverse in combination with the Small Eagle reverse is very rare relative to the demand for it, as no type set can be complete without an example. Survivors are scarce as the mintage was just 6,146 pieces. The Mint required two obverse dies and one reverse to achieve this mintage, with Browning-2, as offered here, the more frequently encountered by a small margin. This is the High 6 variety of the issue, so named because the digit 6 in the date is closer to the bust than on the B-1 Low 6 variety.
