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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26718216, member: 10461"]<font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><b>United States: 1926 gold Sesquicentennial commemorative quarter eagle ($2.50)</b></b></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS64. <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32869546" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32869546" rel="nofollow">Cert. #32869546</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/37693" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/37693" rel="nofollow">Numista-37693</a>, Krause-Mishler-161.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Mintage: 200,226 (net 46,019 survivors after 154,207 were later melted).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Jeremy Maurer (aka "<a href="https://forums.collectors.com/profile/lermish" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/profile/lermish" rel="nofollow">lermish</a>"), on the Buy/Sell/Trade forum, Collectors Universe, 22 November 2022. Purchased in the slab.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This commemorative was struck for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Sesquicentennial_coinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Sesquicentennial_coinage" rel="nofollow">Sesquicentennial</a> of American independence in 1926. Isn't "<i>sesquicentennial</i>" a fun word? It means the 150th anniversary of something. As of this typing (February 2026), we are in the <i>semiquincentennial</i> year - the 250th anniversary - of American independence. Another fun word. (Autocorrect did not recognize the word <i>"semiquincentennial"</i> and fought me when I typed it.)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The Sesquicentennial gold quarter-eagle was designed by the Mint's Chief Engraver, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Sinnock" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Sinnock" rel="nofollow">John R. Sinnock</a>, who later designed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_dime" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_dime" rel="nofollow">Roosevelt dime</a>. The obverse design portrays an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco#Fashion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco#Fashion" rel="nofollow">Art Deco</a>-styled Lady Liberty. She is standing atop the globe, holding a scroll (the Declaration of Independence) in one hand, and a lit torch in the other. The reverse features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Hall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Hall" rel="nofollow">Independence Hall</a> in Philadelphia, which would also be featured on the reverse of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial_coinage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial_coinage" rel="nofollow">Bicentennial</a> half dollar 50 years later.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">For some reason, the PCGS photographer swapped the position of the obverse and reverse pictures in the TrueView image used on the cert page.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705980[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705981[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705982[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705983[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705984[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1705988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1705989[/ATTACH]</p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">072500</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 26718216, member: 10461"][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][B][B]United States: 1926 gold Sesquicentennial commemorative quarter eagle ($2.50)[/B][/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]PCGS MS64. [URL='https://www.pcgs.com/cert/32869546']Cert. #32869546[/URL]. [URL='https://en.numista.com/37693']Numista-37693[/URL], Krause-Mishler-161. Mintage: 200,226 (net 46,019 survivors after 154,207 were later melted). Ex-Jeremy Maurer (aka "[URL='https://forums.collectors.com/profile/lermish']lermish[/URL]"), on the Buy/Sell/Trade forum, Collectors Universe, 22 November 2022. Purchased in the slab. This commemorative was struck for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Sesquicentennial_coinage']Sesquicentennial[/URL] of American independence in 1926. Isn't "[I]sesquicentennial[/I]" a fun word? It means the 150th anniversary of something. As of this typing (February 2026), we are in the [I]semiquincentennial[/I] year - the 250th anniversary - of American independence. Another fun word. (Autocorrect did not recognize the word [I]"semiquincentennial"[/I] and fought me when I typed it.) The Sesquicentennial gold quarter-eagle was designed by the Mint's Chief Engraver, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Sinnock']John R. Sinnock[/URL], who later designed the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_dime']Roosevelt dime[/URL]. The obverse design portrays an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco#Fashion']Art Deco[/URL]-styled Lady Liberty. She is standing atop the globe, holding a scroll (the Declaration of Independence) in one hand, and a lit torch in the other. The reverse features [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Hall']Independence Hall[/URL] in Philadelphia, which would also be featured on the reverse of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial_coinage']Bicentennial[/URL] half dollar 50 years later. For some reason, the PCGS photographer swapped the position of the obverse and reverse pictures in the TrueView image used on the cert page. [/SIZE][/FONT] [ATTACH=full]1705980[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1705981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1705982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1705983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1705984[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1705988[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1705989[/ATTACH] [FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffffff]072500[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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