1847-C $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7745
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 23,226
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, NC) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,” July
25, 2003,
Lot 649, illustrated, sold for $12,650.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7164, illustrated, sold for $11,500.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
165, illustrated, sold for $13,800.00 From Quality Sales Corporation's sale of January 1975, Lot
120
AU-50, Whizzed. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5970, not
illustrated, sold for $833.75
VF-25. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1247, illustrated, sold for $920.00 From the ANA sale by Leo
Young, August 26-29, 1959, lot 455, with envelope
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 6 MS-64's.
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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