1849 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7752
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 23,294
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 AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 170, illustrated, sold for $2,070.00 From Stack's sale of the Scanlon
Collection, October 1973, Lot 2054
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 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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