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1851-C $2 1/2 VF25
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1851-C $2 1/2 MS

VF25

1851-C $2 1/2

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

Auction Prices

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Auction Prices, Other Grades

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1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. VF Details--Surfaces Smoothed (PCGS).
$1,440
Sold 4/3/2024
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU Details--Cleaned (NGC).
$2,400
Sold 4/3/2024
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1851-C $2 1/2 AU55 NGC. Variety 1. ...
AU55 NGC
1851-C $2 1/2 AU55 NGC. Variety 1. ...
$3,600
Sold 1/13/2023
Heritage Auctions
1851-C $2 1/2 AU55 NGC. Variety 1. A lightly circulated Choice AU example with minimal wear and only trivial marks. The str...
AU55 NGC
1851-C $2 1/2 AU55 NGC. Variety 1. A lightly circulated Choice AU example with minimal wear and only trivial marks. The str...
$3,360
Sold 3/21/2022
Heritage Auctions
1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-50 (PCGS).
AU50 PCGS
1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-50 (PCGS).
$3,840
Sold 11/23/2021
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
1851-C $2 1/2 AU53 PCGS. CAC. Variety 1. A fairly scarce Charlotte issue, with only 160 to 210 examples believed extant...
AU53 PCGS CAC
1851-C $2 1/2 AU53 PCGS. CAC. Variety 1. A fairly scarce Charlotte issue, with only 160 to 210 examples believed extant... CAC approved
$4,800
Sold 10/13/2021
Heritage Auctions
1851-C $2 1/2 MS61+ NGC. ...
MS61 NGC
1851-C $2 1/2 MS61+ NGC. ...
$8,400
Sold 7/13/2021
Heritage Auctions
1851-C $2 1/2 PCGS AU53
AU53 PCGS
1851-C $2 1/2 PCGS AU53
$3,450
Sold 5/31/2021
DLRC
1851-C $2 1/2 MS63 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
MS63 PCGS
1851-C $2 1/2 MS63 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
$30,550
Sold 8/2/2017
Heritage Auctions
1851-C $2 1/2 MS61 NGC. Variety 1. ...
MS61 NGC
1851-C $2 1/2 MS61 NGC. Variety 1. ...
$6,169
Sold 2/19/2017
Heritage Auctions
1851-C $2 1/2 AU58 NGC. Variety 1, ...
AU58 NGC
1851-C $2 1/2 AU58 NGC. Variety 1, ...
$3,760
Sold 9/11/2016
Heritage Auctions
1851-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS).
MS63 PCGS
1851-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS).
$33,135
Sold 11/7/2013
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
AU58 NGC
$4,658
Sold 9/2/2012
GOLDBERG COINS
1851-C $2 1/2 MS62 PCGS Secure. Variety 1. ...
MS62 PCGS
1851-C $2 1/2 MS62 PCGS Secure. Variety 1. ...
$13,800
Sold 1/8/2012
Heritage Auctions
1851-C $2 1/2 MS62 PCGS. ...
MS62 PCGS
1851-C $2 1/2 MS62 PCGS. ...
$13,800
Sold 2/8/2009
Heritage Auctions
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