1868 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7807, 7894
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,600
Proofs: 25
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:
PCGS MS-61. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7506, illustrated, sold for $2,070.00
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7170, not illustrated, sold for $339.25
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 224, not
illustrated, sold for $977.50 From
RARCOA's sale of February 1972, Lot 789
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
The finest Proof examples
graded by PCGS are 2 PR-65's.
The finest Proof Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
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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