1852 25C MS(PCGS#5419)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4398

Grade

MS63

Price

2,520

Lot Description

Visually impressive surfaces are brightly lustrous and frosty with an overlay of iridescent champagne-pink toning. Sharply struck. Scarcer than even a limited mintage of 177,060 pieces might imply, the 1852 suffered a high rate of attrition through export and melting during the run up in silver prices during the early 1850s. Larry Briggs (<em>The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters</em>, 1991) assigns this issue a Rarity-5 rating in Mint State.