1869-S $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7810
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 29,500
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:
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 227, not illustrated, sold for $2,645.00 From Harmer, Rooke's sale of
November 1969, Lot 437
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2172
at $690.00
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
228, not illustrated, sold for $368.00 Purchased from Ed Shapiro from Ed Shapiro, January 17,
1968
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-66'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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