1856-D $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7779
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 874
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, GA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Hancock & Harwell Rare Coins
Significant examples:
PCGS AU-55 (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 3586, sold for $27,600.00
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 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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