1852-C $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7764
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 9,772
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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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2159,
unsold
NGC AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1256, illustrated, sold for $6,612.00
NGC AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1257, illustrated, sold for $6,037.00
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1258, illustrated, sold for $4,830.00
About Uncirculated or
thereabouts. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 1655, plated, sold for $4,312.50
EF-45. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5977, plated, sold for
$1,380.00
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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