SOLD – $2.50 – 1855 PCGS MS64+ CAC
SOLD – $2.50 – 1855 PCGS MS64+ CAC
Date 1855
Grade PCGS MS64+ CAC
PCGS Price Guide 4200 (in +)
Population (PCGS) 17/7 (1 in +)
Population (NGC) 17/4 (1 in +)
Population (CAC) 5/2
Serial Number 7774.64+/33312528
PCGS Lookup Number 7774
BORDERLINE GEM 1855 QUARTER EAGLE
While fairly common in the lower Uncirculated grades, the 1855 quarter eagle is scarce in MS64 and very rare in Gem. I haven’t seen a whole lot of MS64′s but the ones I have seen tend to be “marky” and obviously dipped. Nice, properly graded pieces are clearly rare.
This lovely, fresh-to-the-market example is the second best 1855 quarter eagle I have handled in recent years, trailing only the lovely Gem PCGS/CAC MS65 I sold last year to a Southern collector. The piece I offer here is very high end and totally unadulterated with nice natural yellow-gold color, thick mint frost and razor-sharp detail. A few tiny ticks in the left obverse narrowly (and I stress narrowly) keep this coin from a full MS65 grade.
An NGC/CAC MS64 sold for $3,290 as Heritage 3/13: 4122. A narrowly finer example graded MS65 by PCGS and approved by CAC recently set a record for this date at $20,400.
At less than $5,000, this coin is excellent value as are many antebellum issues in higher grades.
CAC has approved 5 in MS64 (including this coin in MS64+) with 2 finer (both MS65).
