1879-S $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7831
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 43,500
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:
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 241, illustrated, sold for $3,680.00
Purchased from Fred
Sweeney, September 18, 1972
NGC MS-60, Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1658, plated, unsold
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-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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