1856-S $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7781
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 72,120
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: 18
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 64.5
grains (4.18 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S"
(for San Francisco) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 195, illustrated, sold for $12,650.00 From the Bowers and Merena sale of
the Fairfield Collection, October 1977, Lot 1555
MS-62. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2163
Not Sold
NGC MS-61. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1264, illustrated, sold for $3,450.00
NGC AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Rarities
Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 451, illustrated, sold for $1,150.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67.
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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