1849-D $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7754
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 10,945
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:
PCGS AU-58 (illustrated
above). Part of the Duke's Creek Collection of Southern
Gold as of October 16, 1999.
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 171, illustrated, sold for $8,050.00 From Stack's sale of the Shapero
Collection, October 1971, Lot 797
NGC AU-58. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
651, illustrated, sold for $6,440.00
AU-50, Whizzed. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5973, not
illustrated, sold for $1,035.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-61'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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