1845-O $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7739
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 4,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"O" (for New Orleans, LA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 440,
"Repunched 18", illustrated, sold for $5,290.00
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Stack's "The
University of Notre Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 994, plated,
sold for $1,840.00
NGC EF-40. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8848, not
plated, sold for $1,840.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
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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