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1830 $2-1/2 DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE

PCGS No: 7670

Mintage:

Circulation strikes: 4,540
Proofs: estimated 5

Designer: William Kneass

Diameter: ±18.2 millimeters

Metal content:
Gold - 91.7%
Other - 8.3%

Weight: ±67.5 grains (±4.37 grams)

Edge: Reeded

Mintmark: None (all examples of this date and type were struck at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mint)

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Significant examples:

Recent appearances:
NGC MS-62.  Ex – American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,” July 25, 2003 , Lot

Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 5 MS-65's.

Varieties:

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen

"The PCGS Population Report, April 2004" by The Professional Coin Grading Service

 
 

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