1852-O $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7766
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 140,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"O" (for New Orleans, LA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 186, illustrated, sold for $3,680.00 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman,
June 30, 1967; ex Stack's sale of June 1967, Lot 84
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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