1854 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7769
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 596,258
Proofs: estimated 5
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-67. Ex - Superior Galleries'
"The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot
764, unsold Finest known example
MS-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 189, illustrated, sold for $3,680.00 From Stack's sale of the Alto
Collection, December 1970, Lot 94
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex-
Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1469,
sold for $460.00
MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 190,
illustrated, not sold From
Superior's sale of February 1975, Lot 1029
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7169, not illustrated, sold for $488.75
NGC MS-61. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7503, not illustrated,
sold for $310.50
NGC AU-55. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7502, not illustrated,
sold for $212.75
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 4 MS-65's.
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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