1875 QUARTER DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 5498, 5576, 85576,
95576
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 4,292,800
Proofs: 700
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, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-64. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach Signature Sale", May
31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8156, not illustrated, sold for $690.00
NGC MS-67. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6137, plated, unsold
NGC MS-65. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000" Sale, August
6-7, 2000, Lot 5817, not illustrated, sold for $1,955.00
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 1469, illustrated,
not sold
MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 1624, sold for
$172.50
About Uncirculated, or
somewhat finer. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 732, not plated, sold for $149.50
AU-55. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale", October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6770, not illustrated,
sold for $138.00
Varieties:
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 3 PR-66's.
The finest Proof Cameo
examples graded by PCGS are 2 PRCA-65's.
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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