1855 QUARTER DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 5435, 5551
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 2,857,000
Proofs: estimated 20
Designer: Obverse by Thomas
Sully, modified by Christian Gobrecht and Robert Ball Hughes, executed
by James Barton Longacre; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: ±24.3 millimeters
Metal Content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±96
grains (±6.2 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia) below the eagle on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-65's.
Recent appearances:
Choice Brilliant Proof. Ex -
Stack's "The University of Notre Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001,
Lot 336, plated, sold for $5,750.00 Ex- Globus/Mihalyi/Gallagher Collections (Stack's, Spetember
1998, lot 494)
Choice Brilliant Proof.
Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot
715, plated, sold for $5,175.00 Ex : Globus/Mihalyi/Gallagher Collection's (Stack's, September
1998, lot 494)
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000" Sale, August
6-7, 2000, Lot 5798, not illustrated, sold for $833.75
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre
Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 337, not plated, sold for $460.00
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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