1871 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7813, 7897
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 5,320
Proofs: 30
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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Recent appearances:
PCGS PRCA-64. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite
Coin Auction, May 25- 27, Lot 3591, sold for $19,550.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Superior Galleries'
"The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot
769, unsold
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 230, not illustrated, sold for $805.00 Purchased from Jack L. Klausen,
November 1, 1968
NGC AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet
of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 54, sold for
$690.00
AU-50. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5986, not illustrated, sold
for $218.50
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65.
The finest Proof example
graded by PCGS is a single PR-64.
The finest Proof Cameo example
graded by PCGS is a single PR-64.
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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