USA 2.5 dollars Liberty Head 1861

USA, San Francisco
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Rarity

Rare

Attributes of Coins

RegionUSA
Denomination2½ dollars
Krause numberKM# 72
Mintage24,000
MetalGold 0.900
thickness1.2 mm
diameter18 mm
weight4.18 g
Obverse:
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Liberty
Star
Creators:
Christian Gobrecht
LIBERTY
Reverse:
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Coat of arms
Creators:
Christian Gobrecht
2 1/2 D
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Introduction of Coins

Only 24,000 Liberty Quarter Eagles of this date were originally produced, virtually all of which were circulated to one degree or another. This issue is scarce to rare in all grades, with the vast majority of survivors grading no finer than VF. 

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