1796 $2-1/2 DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE -
WITH STARS ON OBVERSEPCGS
No: 7647
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 432
Proofs: 0
Designer: Robert
Scot
Diameter: ±20
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 91.7%
Other - 8.3%
Weight: ±67.5 grains
(±4.37 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (all
examples of this variety were struck at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mint)
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Notes:
The finest "Stars" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 753, "Stars on
Obverse", sold for $54,998.75
About Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre
Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 988,"With stars",
plated, sold for $48,875.00 Ex - Amon G. Carter,
Jr. Family Collection (Stack's January 18, 1984, lot 529)
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, April 2004" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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