Early $2-1/2 Gold Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1796-1839)
Number of
Required Items
31
Required Items
Current Finest
Possible Set Rating
66.394
Possible Set Rating
This challenging and historic set is chock full of rarities! It includes the first $2½ gold piece (the 1796 No Stars), the other rare issue from the first year (the 1796 Stars), the rare 1797, the ultra-rare 1834 Capped Bust and the first Charlotte, Dahlonega and New Orleans quarter eagles. This set may be called "basic," but even completing 50% of the set will be a numismatic triumph for any collector.
All-Time Finest (All Eras)
| Rank | Set Name | % Complete | GPA Weighted | GPA with Top Pop Bonuses |
Set Rating | User | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. L. Hansen Early $2-1/2 Gold Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1796-1839) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 | 100.00% | 59.50 | R 59.83 | 59.83 | ||
| 2 | Harry W. Bass | 96.77% | 61.23 | R 61.30 | 59.38 | ||
| 3 | Smithsonian National Numismatic Collection | 100.00% | 58.57 | R 58.57 | 58.57 | ||
| 4 | Louis Eliasberg | 100.00% | 54.81 | R 54.81 | 54.81 | ||
| 5 | Garrett Collection | 70.97% | 50.68 | R 50.83 | 37.81 |
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