1838 QUARTER DOLLAR -
SEATED LIBERTY
(see also 1838
Quarter Dollar -
Capped Bust)PCGS No: 5391
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 466,000
Proofs: estimated 5
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht; Reverse by Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±24.3 millimeters
Metal Content:
Silver - ±90%
Copper - ±10%
Weight: ±103 grains (±6.7
grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
NGC MS-65. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach Signature Sale",
May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8134, illustrated, sold for $13,225.00
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot
1432, "No Drapery", illustrated, sold for $32,200.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction,
May 25-27, 2003, Lot 2443, sold for $8,625.00
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated.
Ex - Stack's "The Marvin Taichert Collection of U.S. Type
Coins", May 9, 2001, Lot 78, "No Drapery", plated,
sold for $1,840.00 Ex R.L. Miles Collection (Stack's, April
10, 1969, lot 911)
Extremely Fine. Ex -
Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 701,
"No Drapery", not plated, sold for $276.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-68.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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