Draped Bust Quarter (1796-1807)
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Designer: Robert Scot
Composition: 89% silver; 11% copper
Weight: 6.74g
Edge Type: Reeded
The obverse depicts Liberty with flowing hair, a ribbon behind her head, with drapery covering her plunging neckline. The inscription LIBERTY is above and the date is below. 1796 Quarters have eight stars to the left and seven to the right on the obverse.
The Type 1 reverse features an open wreath enclosing a small eagle perched on a cloud, the eagle being smaller in size than that used in 1796, and with the cloud more pronounced and higher above the wreath bow. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounds.
The Type 2 reverse is of the Heraldic Eagle style adopted from the Great Seal of the United States. At the center is an eagle with a shield on its breast, holding in its beak a ribbon inscribed E PLURIBUS UNUM and grasping in its talon a bundle of arrows and an olive branch. Above the eagle is an arc of clouds under which is a group of stars. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounds.
Coin Values: A 1796 VG10 non slabbed coin sold for $17,500, while a 1807 slabbed XF40 sold for $4100.
Draped Bust Front
Draped Bust Small Eagle Reverse Type 1
Draped Bust, Heraldic reverse Type 2