1807 $2-1/2
DOLLARS
OR QUARTER EAGLE
PCGS No: 7656
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 6,812
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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Images courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Notes:
The finest 1807 Quarter Eagles graded by PCGS are 2 MS-64's.
Significant examples:
PCGS MS-63 (illustrated
above). Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
"The George Mouhtouris Collection", October 1-2, 2001, Lot 2028,
illustrated
Recent appearances:
Ex - Superior Galleries 2000 ANA Mid-Winter
Sale.
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000,
Lot 2131, "B-1", sold for $4,485.00
A solid About Uncirculated
from the standpoint of wear and still exhibiting plenty of frosty mint
lustre. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October
17-19, 2000, Lot 1650, plated, sold for $4,312.50 Ex: Bowers & Merena Lindesmith
Collection (March 23-24, 2000, lot 2273)
PCGS VF-20. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7151, illustrated, sold for $3,450.00
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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