1808 $2.50 BD-1 MS65 认证号31385747, PCGS号45515

Provenance: Lorin G. Parmelee Collection, before 1890; New York Coin and Stamp Company’s sale of the Lorin G. Parmelee Collection, June 1890, lot 856; Col. E.H.R. Green Collection; Dr. J. Hewitt Judd to Dr. Herbert Ketterman; Dr. Ketterman to Jimmy Hayes in Kansas City, Missouri, via sale, 1982; Stack’s session of Auction ’84, July 1984, lot 1372; David W. Akers Inc.’s session of Auction ’89, July 1989, lot 1361.

P. Scott Rubin

The 1808 Quarter Eagle is a rare coin with a recorded mintage of only 2,710 coins. This is also a one-year-only type coin which makes it highly desirable for anyone collecting United States gold coinage. Much of what noted gold expert David Akers has said about this coin is still true today.

What has been left out of Mr. Akers’ information is his connection to the finest known specimen. The PCGS graded MS65 coin is the Col. Green – Dr. Hewitt Judd coin. This coin is finer than any other known 1808 Quarter Eagle. According to Mr. Akers, that coin was available privately during the 1972 ANA convention for the sum of $12,000. The next appearance of this coin after 1972 is the Stack’s offering in Auction’84 (lot 1372) where it brought $99,000. The last time this coin appeared on the market was in Auction’89 as lot 1361, where it was offered by David Akers and it sold for $231,000.

In 1989, Akers gave the pedigree of this finest known 1808 Quarter Eagle as: Col. Green, J. Hewitt Judd, Herbert Ketterman, Jimmy Hayes, Auction’84, Auction’89. This coin was graded MS-64 by Akers at its last auction appearance.