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1798 $2 1/2 Wide Date MS62 CAC
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1798 $2 1/2 Wide Date MS

MS62 CAC

1798 $2 1/2 Wide Date

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Greysheet (2026)
$1,234
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CPG (2026)
$1,234
Retail
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1798 Capped Bust Right Quarter Eagle. BD-2. Rarity-5. Wide Date, 5 Berries. Unc Details--Cleaned (PCGS).
1798 Capped Bust Right Quarter Eagle. BD-2. Rarity-5. Wide Date, 5 Berries. Unc Details--Cleaned (PCGS).
$21,000
Sold 8/27/2025
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1798 $2 1/2 Wide Date, Five Berries, BD-2, R.5, AU55 PCGS. CAC....
AU55 PCGS CAC
1798 $2 1/2 Wide Date, Five Berries, BD-2, R.5, AU55 PCGS. CAC.... CAC approved
$72,000
Sold 5/3/2023
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 Five Berries, BD-2, R.5, VF25 PCGS. ...
VF25 PCGS
$8,519
Sold 5/1/2016
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 Five Berries, BD-2, R.5, AU50 PCGS. ...
AU50 PCGS
$22,325
Sold 9/20/2015
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 Wide Date, Five Berries, BD-2, R.5, AU58 PCGS. ...
AU58 PCGS
$39,950
Sold 1/12/2015
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 Wide Date, Five Berries AU50 ANACS. BD-2, R.5. ...
AU50 ANACS
1798 $2 1/2 Wide Date, Five Berries AU50 ANACS. BD-2, R.5. ...
$44,062
Sold 6/8/2014
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 Five Berries AU55 NGC. BD-2, R.5. ...
AU55 NGC
1798 $2 1/2 Five Berries AU55 NGC. BD-2, R.5. ...
$30,550
Sold 1/12/2014
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 AU55 NGC. ...
AU55 NGC
1798 $2 1/2 AU55 NGC. ...
$34,500
Sold 8/2/2009
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 --Damaged, Cleaned--ANACS. XF Details. Wide Date, Five Berries, Breen-6117, Bass-3006, R.4. Bright luster domina...
XF40 ANACS
$7,475
Sold 1/7/2006
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 XF Details, Damaged, NCS. Wide Date, Five Berries, Breen-6117, Bass-3006, R.4. Bright luster dominates the bord...
XF40
$6,038
Sold 7/30/2005
Heritage Auctions
1798 $2 1/2 XF Details, Mount Removed, Repaired, NCS. Wide Date, Five Berries, Breen-6117, Bass-3006, R.4. Thirty years ago...
XF40
$11,500
Sold 5/7/2005
Heritage Auctions
AU50
$51,750
Sold 3/15/2005
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
VF20
$1,668
Sold 6/1/2000
GOLDBERG COINS
F12
$1,495
Sold 2/1/2000
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1798 $2 1/2
VF30 ANACS
$3,960
Sold 2/5/1994
Heritage Auctions
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