Whitman Expo
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 AU53
Coin Value History
1851-C $2 1/2 AU53
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1851-C $2 1/2 PCGS AU53
AU53
PCGS
$3,450
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
$4,800
1851-C $2 1/2 AU55 NGC. Variety 1. ...
AU55
NGC
$3,600
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
$3,360
1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1. AU-50 (PCGS). OGH.
AU50
PCGS
$4,560
1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU-50 (PCGS).
AU50
PCGS
$3,840
1851-C $2 1/2 AU58 NGC. Variety 1, ...
AU58
NGC
$3,760
AU58
NGC
$4,658
1851-C $2 1/2 XF45 NGC. Winter-1....
XF45
NGC
$3,864
1851-C $2 1/2 MS61+ NGC. ...
MS61
NGC
$8,400
1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1. EF-40 (NGC).
XF40
NGC
$4,880
1851-C $2 1/2 XF40 PCGS. Winter-1. An 1851-C two and a half in a first generation "rattler" holder is a rare sight indeed. ...
XF40
PCGS
$3,960
1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. VF Details--Surfaces Smoothed (PCGS).
$1,440
1851-C Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter-1, the only known dies. AU Details--Cleaned (NGC).
$2,400
1851-C $2 1/2 MS63 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
MS63
PCGS
$30,550
1851-C $2 1/2 MS61 NGC. Variety 1. ...
MS61
NGC
$6,169
1851-C $2 1/2 XF45 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
XF45
PCGS
$2,115
1851-C $2 1/2 VF25 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
VF25
PCGS
$1,762
1851-C $2 1/2 VF25 PCGS. Variety 1. ...
VF25
PCGS
$1,602
1851-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS).
MS63
PCGS
$33,135
1851-C $2 1/2 MS62 PCGS Secure. Variety 1. ...
MS62
PCGS
$13,800
1851-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. VF-35 (PCGS).
VF35
PCGS
$1,719
1851-C $2 1/2 MS62 PCGS. ...
MS62
PCGS
$13,800
1851-C $2 1/2 --Improperly Cleaned, Obverse Planchet Flaw--NCS. VF Details. NGC Census: (1/97). PCGS Population (2/84). Mint...
VF20
$575
1851-C $2 1/2--Cleaned--ANACS. XF Details, Net VF30....
VF30
ANACS
$850
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