Lot 1453
1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold $2.50. PCGS graded MS-66. Nice original toning. Only 6,749 minted. A lustrous Gem whose golden color shoots out beams of frost in every direction, and a downright bold strike. Even the scales on the hippocampus show.
The quarter eagle of this issue was the work of Charles E. Barber and George T. Morgan. The obverse shows Columbia with a caduceus in her hand seated on a hippocampus, signifying the use of the Panama Canal. An American eagle with raised wings is shown on the reverse.
Pop 404; 19 finer in 67. (PCGS # 7450) .
Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,400.
The Mark Gordon Collection Ex: Benson Collection.
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