1858 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7786, 7884
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 47,377
Proofs: estimated 10
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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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-64. Ex- William Youngerman
- Harry W.
Bass, Jr. - Bowers & Merena, October, 1999, Lot 499, sold for $7,475 -
Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7504, illustrated, not sold Check to see if this is the same coin
offered by Bowers & Merena Galleries for $6,750.00 in the June 11, 2001
issue of The Coin Collector, were it was listed as "Ex Bass
Collection"
MS-62. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
199, illustrated, sold for $1,035.00 Purchased from Mal Varner, October 20, 1972
AU-53. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
200, not illustrated, sold for $368.00 From Paramount's sale of February 1971, Lot 996
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65.
The finest Proof example
graded by PCGS is a single PR-65.
Varieties:
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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