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PCGS Number: 10070 Coin Date: (1834-42) Denomination (Short): G$2 1/2 Denomination (Long): $2.50 Gold Variety: C. Bechtler Variety 2: 70 GR, 20C, K-13 Desg: MS Composition: Gold Mintage: ~30 known Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Private & Pioneer Gold Coinage Years: 1831-1842 Mint Location: Carolina Fineness: 0.8333 Designer: Christopher Bechtler, Sr. Edge: Plain Obverse Description: 70.G:20.CARATS CAROLINA GOLD. Reverse Description: 250 BECHTLER. RUTHERF: General Notes: The 70-grain, 20-carat $2 1/2 appears to be the earliest of Bechtler’s small format, “pill”-style quarter eagles and can be found from a perfect state of both dies. Like the earliest half eagle (K-Transitional) struck to the post-1834 standard, the pill-style quarter eagles omit Bechtler’s initial on the reverse. Somewhere around 30 examples of this variety are known, with a handful of mint state pieces comprising the condition census. PCGS #: 10070 NGC ID: 2B9J
