1797 $2-1/2 DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLEPCGS No:
7648
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 427
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 date and type were struck at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mint)
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Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-53. Ex - Superior
Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25- 27, Lot 3564,
sold for $51,750.00
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-62.
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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