1876 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7824, 7902, 87902,
97902
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 4,176
Proofs: 45
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 Proof-65. Ex -
Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8879, plated, sold for
$18,975.00 Sold on behalf of the Wilkins Foundation
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-61. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1217,
illustrated, not sold
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2179,
sold for $1,380.00
AU-55. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach
Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5989, not illustrated, sold
for $977.50
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 237,
illustrated, sold for $1,265.00 From
Stack's sale of May 1972, Lot 1674
EF-40. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 771, sold for $402.50
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
The finest Proof example
graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
The finest Proof Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single
PRCA-64.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo
graded by PCGS is a single PRDC-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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