Check out this error in Heritage's Long Beach auction - "1831 $2 1/2 Quarter Eagle Struck on a

pcgs69

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Any guesses on what something like that would sell for?

Nysoto

Cool error! A unique double struck 1806 half dollar that had some damage recenty sold for about $25K, this one could be in that ballpark.

commoncents05

Very cool error! I wonder if it was spent in commerce as a 10 cents or $2.50.

-Paul

BECOKA

That is really cool. I'd guess between 34-50K.

MrEureka

I wonder if it was ever gold plated...

STONE

I bet it gets close to $50k.

That's one of the coolest errors I've ever seen and perfectly fits my collecting prowless.

Rampage

Very nice. I expect it to go for about $35K to $40K.

Broadstruck

Neat... but I'd rather spend the estimates mentioned below on a gold non error 1831 $2 1/2 Quarter Eagle.

CertifiedGoldCoins

<< <i>I wonder if it was ever gold plated... >>


Same here. But once the plating (if any) wore off, wouldn't the denomination be a dead giveaway? Not many coin collectors around back then, or it wouldn't have received that much wear, for sure.

timcoin

Too bad it is not the other way around... Dime struck on a quarter eagle planchet. I don't know why, but this coin isn't all that exciting to me.

CaptHenway

Anybody got a picture of the nicer one from the 1979 ANA catalogue? That one certainly helps accredit this piece.

I yield to the judgement of the people who have seen the piece in person, as I have not, but had I saw these pictures cold (instead of catalogued by a highly respectable auction company) my first impression would have been something along the line of contemporary counterfeit, probably gilt at one time.

TD