1882 QUARTER DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 5514, 5583, 85583
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 15,200
Proofs: 1,100
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:
NGC Proof-66. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000" Sale, August
6-7, 2000, Lot 5834, illustrated, sold for $2,185.00
NGC Proof-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 1220, sold for $632.50
Gem Brilliant Proof.
Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot
745 plated, sold for $3,450.00
Choice Brilliant Proof and
approaching a full Gem classification. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 746, not plated, sold for $1,610.00
Proof-62. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Santa Clara"
Sale, November 16-17, 2000, Lot 5272, not illustrated, sold for $402.50
Proof-60. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 336, not illustrated, sold for $345.00
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 1477, illustrated,
not sold
Very Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 747, not plated, sold for $460.00
Varieties:
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 14 MS-67's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 8 PR-67's.
The finest Proof Cameo
examples graded by PCGS are 2 PRCA-67's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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