1849-O Seated Liberty Quarter
Seated Liberty Quarter · 1838-1891
- Year / Mint 1849 · O (New Orleans)
- Denomination 25¢
- Designer Christian Gobrecht
- Mintage 412,000
- Melt Value ~$9.66
Schedule of Prices
| Grade | Ask | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| VG8 | $4,375 asking | 1 |
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Listings observed 2026-10-24.
Die Varieties
No die varieties recorded yet for this date.
Specifications
- Series Seated Liberty Quarter (1838-1891)
- Denomination 25¢
- Designer Christian Gobrecht
- Composition 90% silver
- Metal content 0.18 oz fine silver — about $10 at metal (melt) value as of 2026-10-26 metals.dev
- Weight 6.22 g
- Diameter 24.3 mm
- Edge Reeded
- Mintage 412,000
- Mint mark O
History
REAL coin, mintage unrecorded. NGC lists "1849 O 25C MS" and calls it one of the rarest dates in the series, but its own descriptive text states: "There is no official record of its mintage, but Walter Breen believed that it was included in the first 1850 delivery of 16,000 pieces." The 412,000 in NGC's mintage FIELD contradicts that text and is not used. This card previously did not exist at all, having been ruled never-struck.
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