1897 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 7849, 7923, 87923,
97923
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 29,768
Proofs: 136
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:
Recent appearances:
ANACS MS-64. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000,
Lot 2192 Not Sold
ANACS MS-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake
Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1221, not illustrated, sold for
$805.00
MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2193 at $402.50
MS-63. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 253, not
illustrated, sold for $460.00 From
Lester Merkin's sale of September 1967, Lot 380
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-67's.
The finest Proof example
graded by PCGS is a single PR-68.
The finest Cameo Proof
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-62.
The finest Deep Cameo Proof
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-67.
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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