1867 QUARTER DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 5470, 5566, 85566,
95566
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 20,000
Proofs: 625
Designer: Obverse by Thomas
Sully, modified by Christian Gobrecht and Robert Ball Hughes, executed
by James Barton Longacre; Reverse by Christian Gobrecht, modified by
James Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±24.3 millimeters
Metal Content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±96
grains (±6.2 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Significant examples:
Proof (illustrated above).
Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins
& Collectibles, Inc.'s "The Benson Collection" Sale - Part
1, February 18-20, 2001
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-65 Cameo. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July
25, 2003
,
Lot 393, illustrated, sold for $1,840.00
PCGS Proof-65. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family
Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 572, illustrated, sold
for $1,897.00
Choice Brilliant Proof. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary
Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 728, not plated, sold for $460.00
Choice Brilliant Proof. Ex- Stack's
"The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 322, sold for
$805.00
Choice Brilliant Proof. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre
Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 338, not plated, sold for $391.00
NGC VF-20. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1617, sold for
$460.00
Fine-15. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"October 2000 Long Beach Sale", October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6767,
not illustrated, sold for $362.25
Varieties:
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-64's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS is a single PR-67.
The finest Proof Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PRCA-66.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-65.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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