1838-C 2½ DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7697
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 7,880
Proofs: 0
Designer: William
Kneass
Diameter: ±17.5
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±64.5
grains (±4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "C"
(for Charlotte, North Carolina) above the date
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Images courtesy of The
Charlottegold Company
Significant examples:
The coin pictured above was sold as part of the
"North Georgia Collection" of Southern Gold coins in January,
1999 by Heritage Numismatic Auctions.
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-55. Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2086 @
$6,900.00
AU-55, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5666,
illustrated, sold for $2,645.00
PCGS AU-53. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7494, illustrated, not
sold From the
Judge Thomas Butt Collection
NGC EF-45. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 429, "Breen-6147",
illustrated, sold for $2,530.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
Varieties:
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, April 2004" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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