1907 $2.50 MS(PCGS#7859)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

2330

Grade

MS67+

Prix

4 800

Description du lot

The surfaces yield a smooth rose-gold color with subtle traces of pinkish patina. A boldly struck example with the central details sharp and well defined. The surfaces are uncommonly smooth for both the type and issue, confirming the conditionally rare status of this beautiful coin. Theodore Roosevelt's "pet crime" to remake and modernize American coins spelled the end for Christian Gobrecht's Liberty Head design that had been in use on the quarter eagle, half eagle, and eagle for almost 70 years. The quarter eagle's time for redesign came in 1908, leaving one last year for the Liberty Head design. The quarter eagle was not as frequently required in daily use as the half eagle, and by the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the denomination's production was limited to the Philadelphia Mint. Only 336,294 quarter eagles were coined in 1907. Many were saved, with several thousand in Uncirculated condition, mostly between MS-62 and MS-65. Above the Gem level the issue becomes very scarce, while at the uppermost reaches of Superb Gem preservation the offered coin is an undeniable condition rarity.