1877 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7826, 7903
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,632
Proofs: 120
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 Superior
Galleries
Significant examples:
NGC MS-62 (illustrated above).
Ex - Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2110 @ $3,680.00
Recent appearances:
MS-60. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 239, illustrated, sold for $5,520.00 Purchased from Don Dethlefsen,
August 15, 1972
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-64's.
The finest Proof example graded by
PCGS is a single PR-66.
The finest Proof Deep
Cameo graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-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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