1841-C $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7721
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 10,281
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "C" (for Charlotte,
North, Carolina) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images
courtesy of David
Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Significant examples:
(illustrated above). Ex -
John Jay Pittman - David Akers Numismatics, Inc.
sale of the John Jay Pittman collection
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Quality Sales Corporation's
sale of January 1975, Lot 111 - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 136, illustrated, sold for $11,500.00
AU-50. Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2088, sold
for
$2,760.00
Fine to Very Fine. Ex- Stack's
"The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1465, sold for
$322.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-60.
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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