1847 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7744
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 29,814
Proofs: estimated 5
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-61. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 163, illustrated, sold for $3,565.00 From Stack's sale of the Scanlon
Collection, October 1973, Lot 2046
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
164, illustrated, sold for $1,552.50 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman, October 14, 1968
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s,
"Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001,
Lot 8850, not plated, unsold
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
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 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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