1878 NGC MS-63 $2.50 Liberty Quarter Eagle Gold Coin
The Liberty Quarter Eagle Gold Coin is a remarkable piece of American numismatic history, embodying the elegance and craftsmanship of 19th-century coinage.
The US Mint struck this coin, which contains 0.12094 Troy oz of gold and has a $2.50 face value, to circulate in the inner market from 1840 to 1907.
Christian Gobrecht’s timeless design, which is the longest-running design in American gold coinage history, represents a period of robust economic growth in post-Civil War America, reflecting both historical and artistic value.
At SD Bullion, you can find 1878 $2.50 Liberty Quarter Eagle Gold Coins graded and sealed by NGC as MS-63 coins.
Coin Highlights
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Evaluated, graded, and encapsulated as an MS-63 coin;
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Produced by the US Mint;
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Pre-1933 Gold Coin;
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Contains .12094 of actual gold content;
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Holds a $2,50 face value and legal tender status;
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The obverse features the Liberty Head design;
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The reverse displays the Heraldic Eagle.
The Design
The obverse depicts Lady Liberty’s left profile bust adorned with a coronet inscribed "LIBERTY." This effigy is encircled by thirteen six-pointed stars representing the Thirteen Original Colonies, with the year of mintage at the bottom.
The reverse features the Heraldic Eagle with outstretched wings, bearing the national shield on its chest. It holds arrows and an olive branch in its talons. The inscriptions include only the nation’s name and the coin’s face value.
An NGC MS-63 coin
Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) is a third-party service that evaluates and grades coins from various mints worldwide using the Sheldon Grading Scale, which ranges from 1 to 70.
According to the scale, MS stands for Mint State, indicating a coin produced in a business sample format. Grade 63 indicates that the coin may present marks and minor visible hairlines.
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