Patterns - PR - 1872 $2.50 J-1230, DCAM

Weight

4.18 g

Diameter

15 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Gold

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Reeded

Technique

Proof

Front design

Liberty Head

Back design

Shield with stripes and stars, denomination

Year of Minting

1872

Ruler

NA

Mint location

Philadelphia

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Coin alignment

Inscriptions

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 2 1/2 DOL.

Context

: Description: Obverse. Identical to the gold dollar, J-1224. Reverse. Similar to the gold dollar except that the denomination reads 2 1/2 DOL. and there are fourteen stripes on the reverse shield rather than eleven. Comments: Only two quarter eagle gold patterns have ever been struck by the U.S. Mint, this piece and the broad planchet 1878, J-1566. Like all the 1872 gold patterns, this piece was owned at one time by William Woodin. When Woodin's collection was sold, the quarter eagle, along with the four higher denominations, ended up in the possession of King Farouk. After Farouk's ouster from power in 1952, his collection was sold by Sotheby's of London in Cairo, Egypt in 1954, and Baldwin and Company, bidding for Dr. Wilkison, purchased the 1872 quarter eagle for 205 Pounds or approximately $588.35.

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Patterns (1871-1873)

In circulation

NA

Demonetized

No

Marketplace listings

0