1871 $2.50 MS(PCGS#7813)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6233

Grade

MS63+

Price

4,800

Lot Description

Remarkably well preserved for an issue that is elusive in all grades, handsome rose-gold surfaces are overall smooth in hand with only a few faint, wispy handling marks scattered about. Satiny in finish with full strike detail throughout. With just 5,320 circulation strikes produced for the issue, the 1871 hails from an era of low mintage Philadelphia Mint quarter eagles brought about by the continued suspension of gold specie payments in the eastern United States. This Condition Census MS-63+ represents a rare find for the advanced collector specializing in this challenging Liberty Head gold coin series.