PCGS AU58
PCGS AU58
- PCGS #:
- 38949
- Designer:
- John Reich
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 27.50 millimeters
- Weight:
- 6.74 grams
- Mintage:
- 361,174
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 89.2% Silver, 10.8% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $8,225 • MS62 • 10-28-2015 • Heritage Auctions
Die Varieties
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 MS64 PCGS grade
Heritage 8/2000:5772, $5,175 |
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#2 MS64 PCGS grade
Heritage 3/1999:6385, not sold |
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#3 MS63 estimated grade
Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Merena 4/1997:1370, $1,870 - Bowers & Merena 12/2003:1083, $4,715 |
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#3 MS63 estimated grade
Lake Highlands Collection - Heritage 4/2006:521, $5,750 - Heritage 7/2006:23383, not sold |
The 1818 Browning 8 Quarter Dollar is one of the scarce, non-overdate varieties of this year. It is the only variety of 1818 that is known in both Proof and circulation-strike formats. Only two Proofs are known: one in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution and another sold out of the Eric P. Newman Collection in 2013 for $381,875. Mint State examples are rare, but obtainable. Most Mint State examples are MS63 or lower, but there are a few nice MS64's at the high end. Apart from the Proofs, none are known above MS64.
This variety is instantly recognizable because of the presence of a fourth claw in the talon on the left side of the reverse. In the bird world, this is the "hallux"; in humans, the hallux is the big toe. No other reverse of the 1815 to 1828 type shows this feature and it can be seen even on well-worn examples.