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.
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Coin Value History
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date VF35
1843-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Small Date. Winter-1, the only known dies. Die State III. EF-40 (PCGS). CAC.
XF40
PCGS
$8,100
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 -- Altered Surface -- NCS. XF Details. Variety 1. ...
XF40
$1,645
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date VF30 NGC. Winter 4-C. Die State III. The strike on the moderately worn example offered here is dec...
VF30
NGC
$3,220
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date VF30 PCGS. Variety 4-C. Somewhat scarcer than the more common Large Date variety. A bit softly str...
VF30
PCGS
$2,760
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 XF45 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
XF45
PCGS
$5,891
1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date, Crosslet 4. EF-45 (PCGS).
XF45
PCGS
$5,435
VF25
PCGS
$3,738
1843-C $2 1/2 SM DATE
VF25
PCGS
$1,540
1843-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Small Date, Crosslet 4. Winter-1. AU-50 (NGC).
AU50
NGC
$11,590
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 AU50 NGC. Variety 1. ...
AU50
NGC
$6,012
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 VF20 PCGS. Variety 1. Struck with a characteristic die bulge, this Small Date Crosslet...
VF20
PCGS
$3,600
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 MS62 NGC. Variety 1. ...
MS62
NGC
$38,400
1843 D LIBERTY GOLD $2.5 SMALL D NGC AU55
AU55
NGC
$3,600
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 MS62 NGC. Variety 1. ...
MS62
NGC
$26,400
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 MS60 NGC. Variety 1. ...
MS60
NGC
$17,625
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1/2 Cent, 1889. NGC MS-64 RB.
MS64
NGC
$529
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 AU58 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
AU58
PCGS
$11,500
1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date. AU-53 (NGC).
AU53
NGC
$2,976
1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date. AU-55 (NGC).
AU55
NGC
$4,959
1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date. Winter Variety 1 (4-C), the only known dies. Die State III. AU-58 (NGC).
AU58
NGC
$10,580
MS61
NGC
$19,550
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 VF20 PCGS. ...
VF20
PCGS
$2,990
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4--Cleaned--ANACS. VF Details, Net Fine 12. Variety 4-C. Typically soft on the obverse s...
F12
ANACS
$1,495
1843-C $2 1/2 SM DATE
AU53
PCGS
$7,188
1843-C $2 1/2 SM DATE
MS61
NGC
$20,700
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11/6/2026
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Events
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026
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