1796 Capped Bust to Right Quarter Eagle - Stars
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Auction Record
- Price realized
- $1,380,000
- Sold
- Grade
- MS65
- Auction house
- Heritage Auctions
Description
The 1796 Capped Bust to Right Quarter Eagle - Stars represents a Philadelphia Mint issue from the Capped Bust to Right Quarter Eagles 1796-1807 series. The Mint delivered the 432 With Stars quarter eagles on January 14, 1797. The Mint's calendar-year report gives 66 quarter eagles for 1796 and 1,756 for 1797; together they match the 963, 432 and 427 figures for the coins dated 1796 and 1797. The obverse features Liberty facing right in a soft cap, and the reverse displays a heraldic eagle, shield on breast, holding a bundle of arrows and an olive branch, with E PLURIBUS UNUM on a ribbon in its beak and clouds and stars above. First year of the quarter eagle. The first two 1796 obverse dies had no stars; a third, with sixteen stars, struck the 432 coins delivered on January 14, 1797. Struck in 91.7% gold, 8.3% silver and copper, weighing 4.37 grams, 20 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. Cataloged as PCGS #7647.
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