1875-S $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7823
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 11,600
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:
NGC AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 465,
illustrated, not sold
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2178
at $575.00
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 236, not
illustrated, sold for $460.00 From
Abe Kosoff's sale of October 1968, Lot 789
EF-40. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 56 sold for
$287.50
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65.
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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