1857 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7782, 7883
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 214,130
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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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions
Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-64 (illustrated above). Heritage Numismatic Auctions,
Inc.'s "Santa Clara" Sale, November 18-20, 1999, Lot 6789 sold
for $2,586.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1211, not illustrated, not sold
NGC MS-61. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 52 sold for
$345.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-68!
The finest Proof example
graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
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 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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