1872 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7815, 7898, 97898
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 3,000
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 MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 231, illustrated, sold for $12,075.00 Purchased from Joe Flynn, September
2, 1971
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex-
Stack's "The September Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1474
@$3,220.00
EF-40. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5987, not illustrated, sold
for $805.00
Extremely Fine. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1475 @$632.50
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
The finest Proof examples
graded by PCGS are 2 PR-66's.
The finest Deep Cameo Proof
examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-64'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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