1842 QUARTER DOLLAR -
LARGE DATE
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 88,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Obverse by Thomas
Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball Hughes;
Reverse by Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: ±24.3 millimeters
Metal Content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±103.1
grains (±6.7 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) below the eagle on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated 1842 Large Date Quarter Dollars graded by PCGS are 3 MS-64's.
No 1842 Large Date Quarter Dollars were minted in Proof condition.
Recent appearances:
NCG MS-65. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
389, illustrated, sold for $9,775.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers
& Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part
III", May 21, 2001, Lot 1437, "Large Date", illustrated,
sold for $5,750.00
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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