1848 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7748, 7874
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 7,497
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, Pennsylvania) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of David
Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Significant examples:
"Proof" (illustrated
above). Ex - Pittman collection
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Harry W.
Bass, Jr. collection - Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2095, sold
for $14,950.00
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1248, illustrated, sold for $11,500.00
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-61. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1249, illustrated, sold for
$4,140.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-63's.
The finest Proof example
graded by PCGS is a single PR-64.
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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