1906 Liberty Head $2.50 Gold Quarter Eagle Coin

1906 Liberty Head $2.50 quarter eagle gold coins are widely collected pre-1933 U.S. gold coins that coin collectors and bullion investors buy. Though the United States Mint produced a respectable 176,330 specimens, only a small fraction of these coins are still in existence today. This translates to a relative scarceness in the overall gold coin market.

The value of a 1906 Liberty Head $2.50 gold quarter eagle grading Very Fine-20 is about $577 , with uncirculated specimens selling for around $500 and up. Business-strike Liberty Head quarter eagles from the late 1890s and early 1900s are the least expensive issues for this type.

1906 quarter eagles consist of a 90 percent gold and 10 percent copper alloy, which is the standard “coin gold” alloy for gold coins of that era. Weighing 4.18 grams, these classic coins have a gold content of 0.1202 ounces and, with a diameter of 18 millimeters, are just wider than a modern U.S. dime.

1906 quarter eagle gold coins were designed by engraver Christian Gobrecht, who had served as the U.S. Mint’s chief engraver for part of the 1840s. He is also widely known in numismatics as the designer of the long-running Seated Liberty silver coinage, which was struck from the late 1830s through 1891.