Lot 666
Quarter Eagle. 1875. PCGS graded MS-64. The Finest Known! There are no others so graded by either service, in fact, the next highest grade is a distant Mint State 61. Mintages disintegrated down to 400 business strikes in 1875, virtually all of which circulated during the mini-panic of 1873-75. Hard times forced these into circulation, as no one had the money to spare to save a Quarter Eagle. Here is one that somehow escaped and remains in remarkably pristine condition. The fields and devices show only hints of contact and there is an identifying tick mark or flake in the field just below the eleventh star. A few Proofs are also known, but this is far and away the finest business strike to have survived. As always, the fields are reflective as the Proof dies were used to strike the regular issue coins. An unbelievable coin in every respect, and worthy of the finest Quarter Eagle collection.
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