1847-D $2.50 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle NGC MS62

An EXTRAORDINARY GEM of a coin!

Here’s a beauty—and we mean a true beauty—to add to your collection. Please take a careful look at the photos provided and you will see what we mean! NGC has graded only 5 as MS62 with just 5 finer. Collector’s Universe prices this issue at $17,500 in MS62. The mintage of the 1847-D quarter eagle was only 15,784.

Jeff Garrett writes, “The 1847-D Liberty Head quarter eagle has a mintage that includes slightly fewer coins than the preceding years from the Dahlonega Mint. The date … is probably the date most likely to be included in a type set requiring an example from this popular Southern mint. Most examples are well struck for the issue, and the date shows evidence of re-punching at the base of the numerals. Although About Uncirculated coins of the date and mint can be found with moderate effort, Mint State coins are quite scarce.”

The former Dahlonega Mint in 1877 or 1878. Students from North Georgia College are practicing military drills in front of it. The college used the building from 1873 until it burned down in 1878. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.