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On September 1, Stack's Bowers conducted a Rarities Night session in California as part of this firm's post-ANA World's Fair of Money® auction extravaganza.
Auction lot photos of this item graded XF40
Coin Value History
1838-C $2 1/2 XF40
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1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-1, the only known dies. EF-40 (PCGS).
XF40
PCGS
$6,900
1838-C $2 1/2 XF40 PCGS. Gold CAC. Variety 1. HM-1, R.4....
XF40
PCGS
$15,600
1838-C $2 1/2 HM-1, R.4, XF45 PCGS....
XF45
PCGS
$8,700
1838-C $2 1/2 HM-1, R.4, XF45 NGC....
XF45
NGC
$7,800
VF35
$2,185
1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-1. Rarity-4. AU-50 (PCGS).
AU50
PCGS
$13,420
1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-1, the only known dies. Rarity-4. AU-50 (PCGS). CAC. CMQ.
AU50
PCGS
$13,200
VF30
PCGS
$3,680
1838-C $2 1/2 AU53 PCGS. Breen-6147, Variety 20, R.3. ...
AU53
PCGS
$8,401
1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-1. Rarity-4. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC.
AU55
PCGS
$29,280
1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-1. Rarity-4. AU Details--Removed from Jewelry (NGC).
$4,880
1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-1. Rarity-4. AU-58 (NGC).
AU58
NGC
$18,300
1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-1. Rarity-4. AU-58 (NGC). Charlotte Mint Label.
AU58
NGC
$31,720
1838-C $2 1/2 HM-1, R.4, AU55 NGC....
AU55
NGC
$20,400
1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-1, the only known dies. Rarity-4. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC.
MS64
PCGS
$120,000
1838-C $2 1/2 HM-1, R.4, Fine 15 PCGS. A collector-grade example of the first Charlotte issue in the quarter eagle series, ...
F15
PCGS
$5,040
1838-C $2 1/2 HM-1, R.4, MS63 NGC. ...
MS63
NGC
$55,200
1838-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter-1, the only known dies. Rarity-4. AU Details--Repaired (PCGS).
$3,840
1838-C $2 1/2 MS61 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
MS61
PCGS
$25,300
1838-C $2 1/2 MS62 PCGS. ...
MS62
PCGS
$23,001
1838-C $2 1/2 --Cleaned--ANACS. VF Details, Net Fine 12. ...
F12
ANACS
$2,530
1838-C $2 1/2 --Improperly Cleaned--NCS. Unc Details. ...
MS60
$4,600
1838-C $2 1/2 VF20 PCGS. Variety 1-A. Only one die pair was used to strike the 1838-C, and it is noteworthy for the obverse...
VF20
PCGS
$4,600
VF25
$1,035
1838-C $2 1/2
MS64
PCGS
$34,500
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