1862 $2.50 MS(PCGS#7796)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

5076

Grade

MS63

Prix

9 400

Description du lot

1862 Liberty Quarter Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS). Deep sunset-red in color with a rich, satiny appearance the fields. The strike is sharp and the surfaces are free of individually mentionable abrasions, although a few minor lines explain the grade from PCGS. At 98,543 pieces produced, the 1862 is the first of the low-mintage Philadelphia Mint quarter eagles from the Civil War era. Examples are scarce-to-rare in all grades with Uncirculated coins decidedly in the latter category. PCGS# 7796. PCGS Population: 8 in 63; only 3 finer.