1855-D $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7776
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,123
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"D" (for Dahlonega, Georgia) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Hancock & Harwell Rare Coins
Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58 (illustrated
above). Part of the Duke's Creek Collection of Southern
Gold as of October 16, 1999.
PCGS AU-55. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-
27, Lot 3585, sold for $19,550.00
PCGS AU-55 (illustrated
below). Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 678, sold
for $17,250.00
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 3949, illustrated,
sold for $19,550.00 From
Stack's Miles Collection, October 1968:169; Harry W. Bass, Jr. II, Bowers
and Merena Galleries, October, 1999:478.
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1261, illustrated, sold for $16,675.00
PCGS EF-40. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s 1999 ANA Sale,
Lot 739 - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 766, "Type 2", sold for $5,290.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-60'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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