1860-S $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7793
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 35,600
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-61. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 455,
"Old Rev. Hub", illustrated, sold for $3,450.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2167
at $1,840.00
EF-45. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5981, not illustrated, sold
for $661.25
Net EF-40, sharpness of AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
208, not illustrated, sold for $368.00 Purchased from Jack L. Klausen, June 19, 1968
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-63'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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