1851-C $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7760
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 14,923
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 Early
American History Auctions, Inc.
Recent appearances:
ICG AU-50 (illustrated above).
Ex - Early American History Auctions, Inc.'s Mail Bid Sale, October 14,
2000, Lot 1139
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2156 at $2,990.00
VF-30. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5976, not illustrated, sold
for $718.75
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
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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