1853 Gold Quarter - BG-101
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $4,700
- Sold
- Grade
- MS63
- Auction house
- Holabird-Kagin Americana
Description
This 1853-dated octagonal gold quarter dollar is Breen-Gillio BG-101, a Period One piece of California fractional gold. NGC lists it with a Liberty head on the obverse. It is attributed to Joseph Brothers. Breen and Gillio put the small change that San Francisco jewelers made in 1852-1857 (1852-1856 in their first edition) into Period One; most of these pieces weigh less than the gold their face value called for (Mike Locke, 2013), but they are the ones known to have been used as money. Catalogue number: BG-101. PCGS number 10370.
Rarity Notes
Low R-5 (Greysheet)
Cross References
BG-101
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