1798 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7649, 97649
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,094
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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Significant examples:
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Norman
Stack Type Collection - Sotheby's auction, June 27, 2000 (PCGS #6309723)
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite
Coin Auction, May 25- 27, Lot 3565, sold for $50,600.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite
Coin Auction, May 25- 27, Lot 3566, sold for $41,400.00
Notes:
The finest "Wide Date" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-65.
The finest "Closed
Date" example graded by PCGS is AU-53.
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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