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$2.50 Liberty Gold, Proof Values

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The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the $2.50 Liberty Gold, Proof (1840–1907) series of Pre-1933 Gold Coinage in the U.S. Coins contains 174 distinct entries with CPG® values between $1,650.00 and $700,000.00.

Designed by Christian Gobrecht, the so-called Liberty head design was widely adopted for gold coinage starting in 1840 for the quarter-eagle ($2.50) denomination. Proof examples were struck in Philadelphia, mostly from 1856-1907. Earlier proof issues are known, but are exceedingly rare.
$185,000 - $540,000
1841 $2 1/2 PR
$60,000 - $700,000
1843 $2 1/2 PR
$100,000 - $360,000
1844 $2 1/2 PR
$150,000 - $330,000
1845 $2 1/2 PR
$33,000 - $440,000
1846 $2 1/2 PR
$37,500 - $192,000
1850 $2 1/2 PR
$32,000 - $168,000
Unique
$520,000 - $520,000
1861 $2 1/2 PR
$12,500 - $108,900
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1862 $2 1/2 PR
$12,000 - $126,000
1866 $2 1/2 PR
$8,000 - $90,000
1867 $2 1/2 PR
$6,000 - $140,000
1868 $2 1/2 PR
$10,000 - $60,720
1870 $2 1/2 PR
$8,000 - $112,500
1871 $2 1/2 PR
$8,000 - $79,200
1875 $2 1/2 PR
$28,000 - $174,240
Sponsor ICG
1877 $2 1/2 PR
$6,800 - $210,000
Sponsor Stacks Bowers Auctions
1895 $2 1/2 PR
$1,800 - $57,500
1903 $2 1/2 PR
$1,650 - $28,800
1905 $2 1/2 PR
$1,650 - $28,800
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