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PCGS Number: 7450 Coin Date: 1915-S Denomination (Short): $2 1/2 Denomination (Long): Gold $2.50 Variety: Panama-Pacific Expo Desg: MS Mint Mark: S Composition: Gold Mintage: 6,749 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Classic Commemorative Coinage Years: 1903–1926 Mint Location: San Francisco Diameter: 18 Fineness: 0.9 Weight (Grams): 4.18 Weight (Ounces): 0.1344 Designer: Charles Keck & George Morgan Edge: Reeded General Notes:
The 1915-S Panama-Pacific $2.50 quarter eagle was struck alongside four other commemorative coins honoring the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. The occasion was huge, not only serving as that year's world's fair but also taking place in the city that had less than a decade earlier been ravaged in a massive 1906 earthquake.
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The design on the quarter eagle is a collaborative effort between Charles E. Barber and George T. Morgan. The obverse features the goddess Columbia bearing a caduceus and seated on a hippocampus, while the reverse shows a likeness of an American eagle. Many were spent, though the vast majority exist in uncirculated grades ranging from MS62 through MS66, with those grading higher much scarcer. PCGS #: 7450 NGC ID: BYLP
