1874 QUARTER DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 5494, 5575, 85575
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 471,200
Proofs: estimated 700-850
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: 96.5
grains (6.3 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
NGC Proof-66. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6150, plated, sold for $9,027.50
PCGS Proof-65. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot 2459, sold for $8,050.00
Proof-64 Arrows. Ex -
Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "2000 Santa Clara" Sale,
November 16-17, 2000, Lot 5270, illustrated, sold for $1,265.00
Choice Brilliant Proof. Ex - Stack's "The Marvin Taichert
Collection of U.S. Type Coins", May 9, 2001, Lot 118, plated, sold
for $1,840.00 Ex Stack's sale of April 3, 1965, lot 417
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February
16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 1637, "Arrows", illustrated, sold for
$4,830.00
NGC MS-64. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February
16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 1638, "Arrows", illustrated, sold for
$1,495.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake
Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 333, not illustrated, not sold
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-67's.
The finest Proof Cameo
examples graded by PCGS are 3 PRCA-66's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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