1806 25C Draped Bust Quarter Dollar PCGS VF35 (CAC)

Here’s a dramatic piece from the early days of our nation and the first U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. It would serve as an excellent type coin, one that will not drain your bank account. PCGS has graded 31 examples as VF35 with 186 finer. Collectors Universe prices this issue at $3,000.00 in VF35. In CAC, there are 9 in VF35 with 44 finer.

Ron Guth writes in PCGS Coinfacts: “The non-overdated 1806 Quarter is the collector's best choice for a representative example of the Draped Bust Type. The 1796 and 1804 Quarters are rare and expensive, the 1807 is seldom fully struck, the 1806/5 is a trifle bit more scarce, and the 1805 is hard to find in high grade. This leaves the 1806, which is semi-scarce (as are all Draped Bust Quarters), but it is the most plentiful of all the Draped Bust Quarters and it is the most available in Mint State (in full disclosure, the 1807 comes close).”

“Ye Olde Mint,” the First Philadelphia Mint, photo taken in 1908. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.