1862 QUARTER DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 5456, 5558, 85558
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 932,000
Proofs: 550
Designer: Obverse by Thomas
Sully, modified by Christian Gobrecht and Robert Ball Hughes, executed
by James Barton Longacre; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: ±24.3 millimeters
Metal Content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±96
grains (±6.2 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
NGC Proof-66. Ex - Bowers
& Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June 28-29,
2001, Lot 329, illustrated, sold for $4,600.00 From the sale of
the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, April 1997, Lot 1479; Dickinson,
Clapp Estate
Recent appearances:
ANACS Proof 64. Ex -
Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 1632, illustrated,
sold for $1,610.00
PCGS MS-66. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 1456, illustrated,
not sold
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000" Sale, August
6-7, 2000, Lot 5813, not illustrated, sold for $299.00
Varieties:
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-67's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 5 PR-66's.
The finest Proof Cameo
examples graded by PCGS are 3 PRCA-66's.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-66.
Sources and recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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