Charlotte $2 Gold

Image	Item ID	Description	Sales Price
	130321	GOLD 1843 C XF45*$2.5 NGC	$2600.00
LARGE DATE: MORE COMMON OF THE 2 VARIETIES WITH SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER DATE WITH A PLAIN 4 AND A LARGER MINT MARK. MINTAGE: 23,076. ALL ARE QUITE SOFTLY STRUCK AT THE CENTER OF OBVERSE. THE WEAKNESS IS MOST NOTICEABLE ON THE CURLS AROUND THE FACE. THE LETTERS ERTY IN LIBERTY ARE OFTEN VERY WEAK. THE OBVERSE PERIPHERY IS SHARP AND STARS ARE FULLY DETAILED. THE CENTRAL REVERSE IS ALSO WEAK, PARTICULARLY ON THE TOP OF THE EAGLE'S RIGHT LEG AND THE JUNCTURE OF THE RIGHT WING AND THE SHIELD. THIS ISSUE IS OFTEN SEEN WITH HEAVILY ABRADED SURFACES. SOME COME WITH MINT-MADE ROUGHNESS OR GRANULARITY IN THE FIELDS. GREAT EYE APPEAL AND LOTS OF MINT LUSTER ON THE SURFACES OF THIS ONE.
	129458	GOLD 1843 C/C $2.50 LG DATE	$2950.00
LARGE DATE WITH PLAIN 4. MINTAGE: 23,076. All known examples are softly struck at the center of the obverse and on the reverse the eagle's right leg at juncture of right wing and the shield. This issue is often seen with heavily abraded surfaces with mint made roughness or granularity in the fields. C/C MINTMARK. UNCIRCULATED AND ONLY 23,076 MINTED. MOST ARE WELL WORN AND THE DATE BECOMES INCREASINGLY RARE IN THE HIGH GRADES. PROBABLY 150 TO 200 EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN FOR THE DATE AND VARIETY.
	130823	GOLD 1844 C AU53*$2.5 PCGS	$6700.00
COIN WORLD TRENDS AU50 $7,500 & AU55 $10,000. MINTAGE: 11,622. LOTS OF ORIGINAL MINT LUSTER REMAINING ON SURFACES, SUPER EYE APPEAL, ORIGINAL COLORATION.
	129676	GOLD 1848 C XF DETAILS $2.5	$2150.00
MINTAGE: 16,788. HAD AN OLD CLEANING BUT OVER THER YEARS HAS TONED BACK AND STILL HAS A LOT OF ORIGINAL LUSTER ON SURFACES. MANY OF THIS DATE HAVE RAISED DIE LINES AND EVIDENCE OF RUSTY REVERSE DIES. WOW THAT IS GETTING PICKY ON THIS RARE CHARLOTTE GOLD QUARTER EAGLE. RARE IN HIGH GRADES. WELL STRUCK WITH ALL DETAILS SHARP, EXCELLENT EYE APPEAL, MINT LUSTER IN PROTECTED AREAS AND A REALLY NICE GOLD QUARTER EAGLE FROM THE CHARLOTTE MINT. The strike for this issue varies. Most are not well impressed and others show extremely poor obverse detail due to having been produced from a bulged die. EVEN THE WELL STRUCK PIECES HAVE SOME WEAKNESS ON THE TOP OF LIBERTY'S HEAD AND THE EAGLE'S RIGHT LEG! ON THE BULGED DIE COINS THE OBVERSE IS WEAK WITH THE ER IN LIBERTY VERY FAINT. THIS COIN HAS EXCELLENT EYE APPEAL AND A LOT OF ORIGINAL MINT LUSTER REMAINING ON DEVICES.
	129677	GOLD 1848 C AU50*$2.5 PCGS	$3650.00
MINTAGE: 16,788. ONE OF THE MORE AVAILABLE CHARLOTTE MINT GOLD QUARTER EAGLES BUT RARE IN HIGH GRADES. SHARPLY STRUCK WITH BOLD DETAILS BUT WEAK ON EAGLE'S RIGHT LEG WHICH IS TYPICAL, EXCELLENT EYE APPEAL. TOTAL KNOWN ONLY 200-250! This date is prone to have heavy surface abrasions. YOU WILL LOVE THE ORIGINAL SURFACE COLORATION OF GREEN-GOLD. This is Variety 1 of 2 known.
	133265	GOLD 1848 C AU50*$2.50 PCGS	$3650.00
CHARLOTTE GOLD QUARTER EAGLE. MINTAGE: 16,788. One of the more availoable but rare in high grades probably due to quality of strike. Strike for this issue varies greatly and are very scarce well struck. Most are not well impressed and others show extremely poor detail due to having been produced from a bulged die. The sharply struck pieces total around 25% of surviving population but still have weakness on top of Liberty's head and Eagle's right leg with other details well defined. GREAT DETAILS WITH LOTS OF LUSTER AND ORIGINAL SURFACES AND COLORATION. REAL BEAUTY!
	130681	GOLD 1858 C AU58*$2.5 PCGS	$5800.00
MINTAGE ONLY 9,056. RARE CHARLOTTE GOLD QUARTER EAGLE WITH VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ANY WEAR, SENSATIONAL DEEP ORANGE-GOLD COLORATION, LOTS OF MINT LUSTER, MORE DETAILS ON CURLS BELOW "LIBERTY" THAN USUALLY FOUND - ALL STARS EXCEPT FOR 2 ARE SHARP - TYPICAL WEAKNESS ON EAGLE's RIGHT LEG. A REALLY PRETTY AND ALL ORIGINAL WITH GREAT SURFACES. COIN WORLD TRENDS $7,000.
	133369	GOLD 1860 C XF45*$2.50 PCGS	$3300.00
EX: STECHER COLLECTION. VAR 19-J. MINTAGE: 7,469 AND THE FINAL QUARTER EAGLE STRUCK BY THE CHARLOTTE MINT. ALWAYS WEAKLY STRUCK ON ROUGH PLANCHETS. A CHOICE XF EXAMPLE, WHILE HAVING SOME INOFFENSIVE CONTACT MARKS SCATTERED OVER EACH SIDE, EXHIBITS RATHER PLEASING APRICOT-GOLD SURFACES TINTED WITH WISPS OF RED AT THE MARGINS. THE INITIAL STRIKE WAS RELATIVELY STRONG, AS MOST OF THE STAR CENTERS ARE SHARP, AS IS MOST OF LIBERTY'S HAIR. SOME SOFTNESS IS NOTED ON THE EAGLE'S NECK AND LEGS. PURCHASED IN THE 1930'S AT FACE VALUE BY KARL STECHER SR. FROM COINS TURNED IN BY THE PUBLIC AS PER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MARCH 9, 1993 DIRECTIVE.