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Issued in round and octagonal shapes, California fractional gold issues were struck to fill a void of circulating coinage in the territory. There are approximately 275 different varieties of the 25-cent denomination cataloged in the Breen-Gillio (BG) reference guide.
Catalog Information
GSID:
11630
Strike Type:
Business
Edge:
Plain
Variety:
BG-799O
Coin Date:
1881
Denomination:
25c
Designation:
MS
Coinage Type:
California Fractional Gold
Coinage Years:
1853-1881
Composition:
Gold
Rarity:
L4
PCGS #:
10641
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1881 25c BG-799O MS
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1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS65 NGC. NGC Census: (8/6). ...
$840
1881 Octagonal 25 Cents. BG-799O. Rarity-4-. Indian Head. Unc Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).
$216
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS64 NGC. NGC Census: (8/11). PCGS Population: (46/41). MS64. ...
$456
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, -- Bent -- PCGS. UNC Details. BG-799O. PCGS Population (0/111). NGC ...
$141
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS66 NGC. NGC Census: (3/0). PCGS Population (5/0). (#10641)...
$999
$322
$368
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS67 Prooflike NGC. An impressive, fully prooflike example that appea...
$3,450
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS65 NGC. NGC Census: (6/6). ...
$630
1881 Octagonal 25 Cents. BG-799O. Rarity-4-. Indian Head. Unc Details--Holed (PCGS).
$192
1881 Octagonal 25 Cents. BG-799O. Rarity-4-. Indian Head. MS-64 (PCGS).
$360
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS66 NGC. ...
$881
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS62 ...
$310
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS63 PCGS. Luminous lemon-gold fields reveal only the most trivial sl...
$431
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS67 Deep Prooflike NGC....
$2,588
1881 Octagonal 25 Cents. BG-799O. Rarity-4-. Indian Head. MS-65 (NGC).
$600
1881 Cal. Gold 25c PCGS MS64 (BG-799O)
$500
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS66 PCGS. ...
$1,265
$380
1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS65 PCGS. PCGS Population: 36 in 65, 5 finer (10/20). NGC Census: 5 ...
$1,320
1853 25c BG-101 MS
Worth: $350 – $3,300
1853 25c BG-102 MS
Worth: $175 – $700
1854 25c BG-103 MS
Worth: $90,000 – $90,000
1854 25c BG-104 MS
Worth: $175 – $800
1854 25c BG-105 MS
Worth: $175 – $1,650
1855/4 25c BG-106 MS
Worth: $210 – $1,200
1856 25c BG-107 MS
Worth: $175 – $1,000
1854 25c BG-108 MS
Worth: $175 – $600
1854 25c BG-109 MS
Worth: $275 – $1,200
1855 25c BG-110 MS
Worth: $185 – $2,200
1856 25c BG-111 MS
Worth: $175 – $650
Cal. Gold 25c BG-201 MS
Worth: $2,600 – $5,000
Cal. Gold 25c BG-202 MS
Worth: $600 – $4,500
Cal. Gold 25c BG-203 MS
Worth: $600 – $1,200
Cal. Gold 25c BG-204 MS
Worth: $330 – $1,000
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