1850-C $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7756
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 9,148
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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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Significant examples:
NGC AU-55 (illustrated above).
Ex - Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2099, sold
for $3,680.00
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-61. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,” July
25, 2003
, Lot
652, illustrated, sold for $13,800.00
NGC MS-60. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1253, illustrated, sold for
$9,200.00
NGC AU-58. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7449, illustrated, not sold
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
173, illustrated, sold for $8,050.00 From Stack's sale of the Miles Collection, October 1968, Lot
149
NGC AU-58. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 762, sold for $5,750.00
NGC AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1254, illustrated, sold for $4,140.00
AU-50, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long
Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5974, not
illustrated, sold for $977.50
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-62.
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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