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1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date MS60
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1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date MS

MS60

1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date

Greysheet & CPG® Price Guide

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Greysheet (2026)
$1,234
Wholesale
Price History
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CPG (2026)
$1,234
Retail
Price History

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Auction Prices, Other Grades

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1843-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Small Date, Crosslet 4. Winter-1. AU-50 (NGC).
AU50 NGC
1843-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Small Date, Crosslet 4. Winter-1. AU-50 (NGC).
$11,590
Sold 9/6/2026
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 AU50 NGC. Variety 1. ...
AU50 NGC
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 AU50 NGC. Variety 1. ...
$6,012
Sold 1/13/2023
Heritage Auctions
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
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 VF20 PCGS. Variety 1. Struck with a characteristic die bulge, this Small Date Crosslet...
$3,600
Sold 10/13/2021
Heritage Auctions
1843-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Small Date. Winter-1, the only known dies. Die State III. EF-40 (PCGS). CAC.
XF40 PCGS CAC
1843-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Small Date. Winter-1, the only known dies. Die State III. EF-40 (PCGS). CAC. CAC approved
$8,100
Sold 6/11/2021
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 XF45 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
XF45 PCGS
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 XF45 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
$5,891
Sold 2/22/2018
Heritage Auctions
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 -- Altered Surface -- NCS. XF Details. Variety 1. ...
XF40
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 -- Altered Surface -- NCS. XF Details. Variety 1. ...
$1,645
Sold 9/11/2016
Heritage Auctions
1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date, Crosslet 4. EF-45 (PCGS).
XF45 PCGS
1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date, Crosslet 4. EF-45 (PCGS).
$5,435
Sold 6/29/2012
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date. AU-53 (NGC).
AU53 NGC
1843-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Small Date. AU-53 (NGC).
$2,976
Sold 8/19/2011
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 VF20 PCGS. ...
VF20 PCGS
1843-C $2 1/2 Small Date, Crosslet 4 VF20 PCGS. ...
$2,990
Sold 10/25/2008
Heritage Auctions
VF25 PCGS
$3,738
Sold 10/16/2007
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
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
Sold 4/29/2006
Heritage Auctions
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
Sold 4/7/2006
Heritage Auctions
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
Sold 1/7/2006
Heritage Auctions
1843-C $2 1/2 SM DATE
AU53 PCGS
$7,188
Sold 1/8/1999
Heritage Auctions
1843-C $2 1/2 SM DATE
VF25 PCGS
$1,540
Sold 2/3/1993
Heritage Auctions
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