1855-O QUARTER DOLLAR
PCGS No: 5436
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 176,000
Proofs: None
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: "O"
(for New Orleans) below the eagle on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
Significant examples:
NGC MS-67
- Matthew Stickney
- Henry Chapman, June 25-29, 1907
- John Clapp
- Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.
- Bowers & Merena "Eliasberg Collection", April 1997, Lot
1460
- Bowers & Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale", January 7,
2003, Lot 257, illustrated, "NGC MS-67", not sold
Recent appearances:
About Extremely
Fine. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19,
2000, Lot 716, "Briggs 1-B", not plated, sold for $115.00
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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