1843-C $2.50 Small Date MS(PCGS#7729)

The September 2011 Philadelphia Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

5851

Grade

XF40

Price

4,313

Lot Description

1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date, Crosslet 4. EF-40 (NGC). Medium honey gold with some olive and orange highlights. One of just 2,988 examples struck before the obverse die was changed to the Large Date, Plain 4 variety that saw a much larger mintage of 23,076 pieces. Die crack from rim at 7 o'clock to the tip of Liberty's bust, C mintmark embedded in the arrow feathers above.