1855 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7774
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 235,480
Proofs: estimated 5
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 192, illustrated, sold for $6,900.00 From the Bowers & Merena sale
of the Fairfield Collection, October 1977, Lot 1545
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex-
Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1471,
sold for $575.00
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre
Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 995, plated, sold for $373.75
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 5 MS-65'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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