1861 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7887, 97794, 7794
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,283,788
Proofs: 90
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:
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Bowers
& Merena Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001,
Lot 456, "Old Reverse", illustrated, not sold
Recent appearances:
MS-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 210, "New Reverse", illustrated, sold
for $920.00 From
Stack's sale of the Scanlon Collection, October 1973, Lot 2090
NGC MS-62. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
659, "Type II Hub", illustrated, sold for $391.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin &
Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May
28-30, 2001, Lot 1269, illustrated, sold for $506.00
MS-60. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1270, not illustrated, sold for $322.00
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 209,
"Old Reverse", illustrated, sold for $2,185.00 From Abe Kosoff's sale of August 1968,
Lot 825
Choice About Uncirculated. Ex-
Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1473
@$184.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated "New Reverse" example graded by PCGS
is a single MS-67.
The finest Uncirculated
"Old Reverse" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
The finest Proof example
graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
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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