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1836 $2.50 Classic Head. Script 8 NGC MS64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,250.00 USD Estimated At:9,000.00 - 11,000.00 USD
1836 $2.50 Classic Head. Script 8 NGC MS64
Although essentially brilliant, the smooth, satiny surfaces show a decided tinge of iridescent greenish gold color cast at certain angles. This is a splendid, almost "resplendent" Mint State 64 of the early William Kneasss "classic head" design for a quarter eagle. The date has a "script 8" rather than block 8.

The quarter eagles dated 1836 provide the largest number of varieties among any issue of the series. Six obverse and four reverse dies were combined to produce eight different die varieties. Among these are Breen's Heads of 1834, 1835, and 1837. Two distinct date styles occur, the Block 8 with thin horizontal center stroke, and Fancy 8 (sometimes called Script 8) with thick diagonal center stroke.
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