1854-O $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7772
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 153,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"O" (for New Orleans, LA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-61. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 449,
illustrated, sold for $1,437.50
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex-
Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1470
@$2,300.00 Ex: American Numismatic Association Convention Sale
(Stack's August 1976, lot 2806)
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
191, not illustrated, sold for $1,725.00 From Lester Merkin's sale of March 1969, Lot 58
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s,
"Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001,
Lot 8860, not plated, sold for $747.50
Notes:
The finest 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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