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1860 Gold Quarter - BG-730

Strike Type

Coin Details

Year
1860
Denomination
Territorial
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
California Fractional Gold (1852-1882)
Composition
Gold

Auction Record

Price realized
$2,070
Sold
Grade
MS64
Auction house
Bowers & Merena

Description

This 1860-dated octagonal gold quarter dollar is Breen-Gillio BG-730, a Period Two piece of California fractional gold. NGC lists it with a Liberty head on the obverse. Breen and Gillio put the jewelers' issues of 1858-1882 (1859-1882 in their first edition) into Period Two; most were lighter than their face value and were sold as charms and keepsakes, until the Secret Service enforced the 1864 ban on private coinage in 1883. Catalogue number: BG-730. PCGS number 10557.

Rarity Notes

High R-6 (Greysheet)

Cross References

BG-730

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