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Lot 0396 1839-O $2.50 Classic Head PCGS AU55

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
Lot 0396 1839-O $2.50 Classic Head PCGS AU55
A lustrous, well struck example of this first New Orleans minted quarter eagle. A scant 17,781 Quarter Eagles were struck in New Orleans during 1839, all bearing the obverse mintmark above the date. This particular one was saved in very choice About Uncirculated condition, and somehow came down through the decades and generations virtually undiminished from the day it was first set aside. Note the satiny frost around the devices on both sides.