United States · United States Mint
2.50 dollars coin, 1912
2.50 dollars · United States Mint · 1912
Philadelphia .900 gold quarter eagle, 1912, with no mint mark. Bela Lyon Pratt’s incuse Indian Head design. No serial, and unslabbed.
Catalog facts
- Year
- 1912
- Mint
- Philadelphia (no mint mark)
- Denomination
- 2.50 dollars (quarter eagle)
- Composition
- Gold .900 (90% Au, 10% Cu)
- Weight
- 4.18 g
- Diameter
- 18 mm
- Edge
- Reeded
- Condition
- Unslabbed (private collection)
- References
- KM# 128 · PCGS# 7944 · N# 6158
Obverse
Reverse
The coin
This piece is the 1912 2.50-dollar quarter eagle from the Philadelphia mint, with no mint mark. The obverse is by Bela Lyon Pratt: a left-facing bust in a feathered headdress, LIBERTY, thirteen stars, and the date 1912. The reverse carries a standing eagle facing left on arrows and an olive branch, E PLURIBUS UNUM, IN GOD WE TRUST, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and 2½ DOLLARS. The relief is incuse: the design sits below the field. Numista includes the initials B.L.P. in the type legend; they are not transcribed from this photograph. No mint letter is visible. The piece is raw, with no holder. It is not Pratt’s 5-dollar half eagle. PCGS separates the 1912 business strike (7944) from the proofs (7961): this record does not identify the example as a proof.
Legends
- Obverse
- LIBERTY · thirteen stars · 1912. Numista includes B.L.P. in the type legend; those initials are not transcribed from this photograph.
- Reverse
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · E PLURIBUS UNUM · IN GOD WE TRUST · 2½ DOLLARS. No mint mark.
History
The quarter eagle is one quarter of the 10-dollar eagle, a denomination of the Coinage Act of 2 April 1792. The Indian Head type, in incuse relief, is by Bela Lyon Pratt and was struck from 1908 to 1929. The same sculptor designed the 5-dollar half eagle of that relief. This record describes the object in the collection; it does not value the issue.
Scarcity and type
PCGS CoinFacts gives 616,000 Philadelphia business strikes for 1912 (PCGS# 7944). CoinWeek adds 197 proofs, which PCGS numbers separately (7961). Those figures belong to the type and date, not to a census of this example. This record publishes neither a slab census nor a price.
Certification
The example is raw, with no NGC, PCGS, or other holder. This module carries no serial number. The identity of this record is the photographed object — date 1912, no mint mark, headdress and eagle — not a certificate. If it is later slabbed, the cert number will replace this note.
Sources
- PCGS CoinFacts — 1912 2.50 dollars, business strike (7944) (opens in a new tab)
Bela Lyon Pratt; reeded edge; 18 mm; 4.18 g; Philadelphia; 90% gold and 10% copper; 616,000 business strikes. Prices are not republished.
- Numista — 2½ dollars Indian Head, quarter eagle (N# 6158) (opens in a new tab)
KM# 128; 1908–1929; .900 gold; 4.18 g; 18 mm; reeded edge; incuse relief; type legend with B.L.P.
- CoinWeek — 1912 Indian Head quarter eagle guide (opens in a new tab)
616,000 business strikes and 197 proofs. The incuse relief is Pratt’s, shared with the 5-dollar half eagle. Prices and population censuses are not republished.
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Another piece in the United States collection.
