1847-D $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7746
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 15,784
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"D" (for Dahlonega, GA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Hancock
& Harwell Rare Coins
Significant examples:
NGC MS-64 (illustrated
below). Offered at the October 2001 Long Beach Coin &
Collectibles Exposition by Mid-American Rare Coin Galleries.
PCGS MS-62. Part of the Duke's Creek Collection of Southern
Gold as of October 16, 1999.
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 166, illustrated, sold for $4,370.00 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman,
April 28, 1967
"AU-55". Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 757, sold for $2,185.00
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2149,
sold for $1,092.50
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-64'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 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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