The U.S. $2.50 Quarter Eagle ‘Liberty’ was first minted in Philadelphia Mint in 1796, and it has had several major design changes in the series through 1907. The first series was the Capped Bust (Turban Head) designed by John Reich, with no stars and with stars, minted from 1796 to 1807. The 1908 issue was a one-year design change issue, with a redesigned Liberty Cap (Large Head) by John Reich. Quarter Eagle minting paused due to low demand, but with a low 1908 mintage of only 2,710 pieces, makes this one-year issue a very desired rarity. Minting resumed in 1821-1827 with the Capped Head (Small Head) and with a reduced diameter from 1829-1834. A new ‘Classic Head’ (Coronet Head) design by William Kneass, was minted from 1834-1839. The last ‘Liberty Head’ Quarter Eagle, designed by Christian Gobrecht, designed to match the styles of the other gold eagles the government was producing. Liberty Quarter eagles were struck at Philadelphia (1796-1929), and branch mints in Charlotte (1838-1859), New Orleans (1838-1857 only), San Francisco (1854-1879). Years were skipped at the various mints, with no coins at all made between 1808 and 1821. U.S. Quarter Eagles are historic, affordable pieces of America’s tangible history.
FMV Prices for Rare Coin Price Guide last updated 03/05/2021
| Array | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capped Bust Right | |||||
| Cap. Bust Right Type |  $30,880 |
 $44,850 |
$63,050 | $143,000 |
$297,000 |
| 1796 No Stars | $387,500 | $400,000 |
$456,250 |
$812,500 | $2,025,000 |
| 1796 Stars | $225,000 | $312,500 | $375,000 | $617,500 | $1,383,750 |
| 1797 | $156,250 | $168,750 | $237,500 | $500,500 | $877,500 |
| 1798 | $84,380 | $107,250 | $131,250 | $214,500 | $573,750 |
| 1802/1 | $29,690 |
$44,850 |
$86,450 |
$175,500 | $297,000 |
| 1804 13 Star Rev. | $500,000 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1804 14 Star Rev. | $40,630 |
$53,130 |
$143,000 | -- | -- |
| 1805 | $35,430 | $56,550 | $94,250 | $338,000 | -- |
| 1806/4 | $39,000 | $71,880 | $115,050 | $162,500 | -- |
| 1806/5 | $107,190 | $187,500 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1807 | $31,250 |
$52,000 |
$63,050 | $143,000 |
$405,000 |
| Capped Bust Left | |||||
| 1808 Cap. Bust Left | $206,250 |
$312,000 |
$481,250 | $780,000 |
$2,632,500 |
| Capped Head Large | |||||
| Cap. Head Lg.Type | $32,940 |
$46,880 | $68,250 | $105,300 | $155,250 |
| 1821 | $39,380 |
$50,000 | $70,850 | $105,300 | -- |
| 1824/1 | $32,940 |
$53,130 | $79,950 | $109,850 | -- |
| 1825 | $33,130 | $46,880 | $70,850 | $113,750 | $155,250 |
| 1826/5 | $66,880 |
$79,380 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1827 | $36,880 |
$46,880 | $68,250 | $110,500 |
$168,750 |
| Capped Head Small | |||||
| Cap. Head Sm. Type | $22,060 | $26,250 | $34,690 | $49,080 |
$92,950 |
| 1829 | $23,130 | $29,380 | $39,380 | $64,350 |
$104,630 |
| 1830 | $22,810 | $26,560 |
$35,810 | $49,730 | $94,250 |
| 1831 | $22,060 | $29,380 | $35,630 | $49,080 |
$92,950 |
| 1832 | $25,680 | $28,750 |
$36,080 | $55,250 | -- |
| 1833 | $24,060 |
$26,250 | $39,060 | $53,950 | $92,950 |
| $2½ Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1834 With Motto | $218,750 |
-- | -- | -- | -- |
| Classic Head | |||||
| Classic Head Type | $3,130 |
$3,910 |
$7,190 |
$13,130 |
$40,300 |
| 1834 No Motto | $3,130 |
$3,910 |
$8,530 |
$14,690 |
$40,300 |
| 1835 | $3,780 |
$5,660 |
$10,660 |
$20,150 | $64,350 |
| 1836 | $3,190 |
$4,940 |
$7,190 |
$13,130 |
$60,130 |
| 1837 | $5,160 |
$8,090 | $15,630 | $33,440 | $74,750 |
| 1838 | $3,690 |
$6,250 |
$11,000 |
$15,940 |
$45,180 |
| 1838 C | $29,690 | $34,690 | $45,630 | $70,880 | -- |
| 1839 | $9,940 |
$20,310 | $27,110 | -- | -- |
| 1839 C | $25,310 |
$48,750 | $63,050 | -- | -- |
| 1839 D | $26,880 | $44,380 |
$57,850 |
$93,750 | -- |
| 1839 O | $11,810 | $23,440 | $29,380 | $47,450 |
$92,950 |
| Liberty Head | |||||
| Liberty Head Type | $537 |
$549 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |
| 1840 | $6,470 | $8,530 | $14,190 | $30,550 | -- |
| 1840 C | $12,060 |
$15,930 |
$27,630 | -- | -- |
| 1840 D | $42,250 | $86,450 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1840 O | $9,660 | $15,930 | $27,950 | -- | -- |
| 1841 Pr Only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1841 C | $21,560 | $29,380 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1841 D | $33,130 | $43,550 | $52,330 | -- | -- |
| 1842 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1842 C | $30,550 | $51,350 | $76,050 | $100,000 | $120,250 |
| 1842 D | $39,000 | $68,250 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1842 O | $12,060 | $15,930 | $29,250 | -- | -- |
| 1843 | $2,810 |
$3,910 | $6,160 | $20,350 | -- |
| 1843 C | $8,250 |
$12,060 |
$22,190 |
$44,530 | $57,850 |
| 1843 D | $7,940 |
$15,630 |
$31,850 | -- | -- |
| 1843 O Sm. Date | $2,130 |
$3,560 |
$7,190 | $18,850 | -- |
| $2½ Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1843 O Lg. Date | $8,910 |
$18,440 |
$25,310 | $29,380 | -- |
| 1844 | $13,440 | $18,750 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1844 C | $15,810 |
$24,060 | $48,750 | -- | -- |
| 1844 D | $9,940 | $12,440 | $23,130 | -- | -- |
| 1845 | $1,590 |
$2,780 | $4,220 |
$8,520 | $18,440 |
| 1845 D | $11,910 | $25,030 | $34,380 | -- | -- |
| 1845 O | $24,690 | $33,130 | $44,380 | -- | -- |
| 1846 | $5,530 |
$11,460 | $21,880 | -- | -- |
| 1846 C | $23,130 | $26,980 | $45,830 |
$56,880 |
-- |
| 1846 D | $11,780 | $15,600 | $27,950 | -- | -- |
| 1846 D/D | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1846 O | $6,440 |
$10,940 | $21,450 | $33,080 | -- |
| 1847 | $4,060 | $5,310 | $13,650 | -- | -- |
| 1847 C | $6,190 |
$7,940 |
$16,900 | $22,100 | -- |
| 1847 D | $10,190 | $12,810 |
$24,380 | $50,050 | $85,630 |
| 1847 O | $5,690 | $8,940 | $17,550 | $24,640 | -- |
| 1848 | $6,220 | $8,940 | $19,830 |
-- | -- |
| 1848 CAL. | $98,130 | $118,950 |
$133,250 |
$165,750 | $208,000 |
| 1848 C | $12,810 | $19,830 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1848 D | $9,310 | $12,310 | $30,310 | -- | -- |
| 1849 | $3,130 |
$4,470 | $9,000 | -- | -- |
| 1849 C | $19,180 |
$48,130 | $64,680 | $78,980 | $87,500 |
| 1849 D | $19,310 | $28,130 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1850 | $1,230 | $2,340 |
$3,340 | $7,810 | $33,080 |
| 1850 C | $12,810 |
$23,130 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1850 D | $16,580 |
$29,060 | $48,130 | -- | -- |
| 1850 O | $4,910 |
$7,720 | $18,850 | -- | -- |
| 1851 | $575 |
$630 |
$1,130 |
$1,940 |
$6,720 |
| 1851 C | $10,160 | $21,450 | $37,190 | -- | -- |
| 1851 D | $13,750 | $15,700 | -- | -- | -- |
| $2½ Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1851 O | $4,560 |
$6,630 | $15,280 | -- | -- |
| 1852 | $575 |
$690 |
$1,040 |
$1,910 |
$5,490 |
| 1852 C | $17,940 | $23,440 | $35,630 | -- | -- |
| 1852 D | $22,500 | $32,180 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1852 O | $4,810 |
$7,190 |
$12,030 | -- | -- |
| 1853 | $569 |
$600 |
$860 |
$1,500 |
$4,440 |
| 1853 D | $20,610 | $31,880 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1854 | $546 |
$700 | $1,220 |
$2,780 |
$7,090 |
| 1854 C | $11,970 |
$22,500 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1854 D | $39,380 | $78,000 | $94,250 | $107,250 | -- |
| 1854 O | $2,960 |
$5,040 |
$13,130 | $19,500 | -- |
| 1855 | $569 |
$1,040 | $1,910 |
$3,610 | $11,540 |
| 1855 C | $17,500 |
$27,310 |
$53,130 | $70,850 | $103,130 |
| 1855 D | $46,200 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1856 | $569 |
$840 |
$1,410 | $3,160 |
$5,590 |
| 1856 C | $13,440 | $23,210 | $26,560 | -- | -- |
| 1856 D | $86,880 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1856 O | $10,410 | $36,250 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1856 S | $4,860 |
$8,940 |
$12,060 | $14,060 | $33,150 |
| 1857 | $569 |
$790 |
$1,470 | $3,220 | $7,510 |
| 1857 D | $14,060 | $23,210 | $35,440 | -- | -- |
| 1857 O | $5,530 |
$7,440 |
$16,250 | -- | -- |
| 1857 S | $6,560 |
$10,210 | $21,450 |
$51,880 |
-- |
| 1858 | $1,410 |
$1,970 | $3,710 | $6,700 |
-- |
| 1858 C | $9,560 | $13,460 | $25,030 | -- | -- |
| 1859 | $1,970 | $2,410 | $3,540 | $5,010 | $12,810 |
| 1859 D | $21,450 | $46,560 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1859 S | $6,750 | $9,820 | $18,200 | -- | -- |
| 1860 | $1,440 | $2,220 | $3,480 | $6,830 | $12,320 |
| 1860 C | $16,940 |
$25,350 | $29,250 | -- | -- |
| $2½ Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1860 S | $4,560 | $8,810 | $18,530 | $24,380 | -- |
| 1861 TI | $3,340 |
$4,190 | $5,940 | $11,250 |
$14,630 |
| 1861 TII | $790 |
$860 |
$1,280 |
$1,970 |
$4,410 |
| 1861 S | $15,630 |
$24,060 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1862 | $4,590 |
$6,440 |
$11,190 |
$26,560 |
-- |
| 1862/1 | $12,310 | $17,750 | $36,560 | $59,150 |
-- |
| 1862 S | $27,950 |
$31,880 |
-- | -- | -- |
| 1863 S | $20,610 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1864 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1865 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1865 S | $8,310 | $13,560 | $25,630 |
$37,050 |
-- |
| 1866 | $15,630 | $19,060 | $29,380 | $42,250 | $53,130 |
| 1866 S | $8,750 | $18,850 | $27,950 | -- | -- |
| 1867 | $5,690 | $6,440 | $9,300 | $20,310 | $34,450 |
| 1867 S | $5,250 |
$10,220 | $13,750 | $24,050 | -- |
| 1868 | $3,350 |
$4,280 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1868 S | $4,380 |
$7,060 |
$13,750 |
$19,690 |
-- |
| 1869 | $4,060 | $5,000 |
$13,440 | -- | -- |
| 1869 S | $3,190 |
$6,560 | $12,680 | $17,190 | $29,380 |
| 1870 | $4,690 | $7,190 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1870 S | $5,690 | $9,310 | $15,810 | $26,880 |
-- |
| 1871 | $2,060 |
$3,280 | $5,160 | $9,340 |
$27,950 |
| 1871 S | $2,660 | $2,970 |
$4,090 | $8,810 |
$17,880 |
| 1872 | $5,310 |
$11,060 |
$15,600 |
-- | -- |
| 1872 S | $4,280 |
$7,810 |
$13,130 | $16,560 | -- |
| 1873 Closed 3 | $569 |
$680 |
$1,090 |
$1,480 |
$4,490 |
| 1873 Open 3 | $537 |
$588 |
$920 | $1,110 |
$4,410 |
| 1873 S | $2,340 |
$3,910 | $6,780 |
$15,410 | $33,440 |
| 1874 | $2,410 |
$4,030 | $6,440 | $10,340 | -- |
| 1875 | $32,810 | $41,880 | $46,880 | $81,250 | -- |
| $2½ Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1875 S | $4,160 |
$5,470 | $7,630 | $18,190 | $24,120 |
| 1876 | $3,560 |
$6,090 |
$11,060 | $12,940 | $42,250 |
| 1876 S | $2,970 |
$3,590 |
$13,460 | $25,630 |
-- |
| 1877 | $4,060 | $4,810 | $8,650 | $18,130 | -- |
| 1877 S | $730 |
$980 |
$2,500 |
$4,160 |
$10,890 |
| 1878 | $537 |
$588 |
$660 | $860 |
$2,440 |
| 1878 S | $569 |
$770 |
$1,030 |
$3,250 |
$10,730 |
| 1879 | $537 |
$588 |
$670 |
$1,040 |
$3,580 |
| 1879 S | $2,060 |
$3,590 | $6,190 | $18,440 | -- |
| 1880 | $1,690 | $2,380 |
$3,880 | $7,030 | $12,550 |
| 1881 | $13,440 | $17,190 |
$24,560 | $32,810 | -- |
| 1882 | $1,470 |
$1,810 | $2,810 | $5,490 |
$12,290 |
| 1883 | $5,340 |
$5,810 | $7,440 | $13,330 | -- |
| 1884 | $1,970 | $2,340 | $3,590 | $5,880 | $14,630 |
| 1885 | $5,940 | $6,960 | $9,460 | $18,010 | $21,450 |
| 1886 | $1,500 | $1,880 |
$3,910 |
$7,250 | $10,950 |
| 1887 | $1,080 |
$1,210 | $1,590 |
$4,390 | $13,650 |
| 1888 | $537 |
$690 |
$1,000 |
$1,720 |
$4,190 |
| 1889 | $546 |
$600 |
$960 |
$1,630 |
$6,440 |
| 1890 | $680 |
$980 | $1,630 | $3,220 | $9,300 |
| 1891 | $537 |
$730 | $1,310 | $2,310 |
$7,740 |
| 1892 | $1,280 | $1,590 | $2,220 | $4,060 |
$8,810 |
| 1893 | $537 |
$564 |
$680 |
$940 |
$1,530 |
| 1894 | $830 | $1,220 | $1,780 |
$3,160 | $5,590 |
| 1895 | $600 | $920 |
$1,440 | $2,060 | $4,310 |
| 1896 | $537 |
$564 |
$630 | $1,030 | $2,250 |
| 1897 | $537 |
$564 |
$610 |
$770 |
$1,500 |
| 1898 | $537 |
$564 |
$630 |
$830 |
$1,780 |
| 1899 | $537 |
$570 | $610 | $890 |
$1,590 |
| 1900 | $537 |
$558 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |
| $2½ Gold | FMV MS61 |
FMV MS62 |
FMV MS63 |
FMV MS64 |
FMV MS65 |
| 1901 | $537 |
$549 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |
| 1902 | $537 |
$549 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |
| 1903 | $537 |
$549 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |
| 1904 | $537 |
$549 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |
| 1905 | $537 |
$549 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |
| 1906 | $537 |
$549 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |
| 1907 | $537 |
$549 |
$582 |
$660 |
$900 |