Like its identically dated Proof gold dollar counterpart, the Proof 1876 quarter eagle has the highest mintage in its series from 1868 through 1880. Even so, survivors from the mintage of 45 pieces are highly elusive and, discounting for the high probability of resubmissions among the third party certification totals, we believe that fewer than 25 coins are extant, perhaps no more than 20.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the November 2017 Baltimore Auction, where it sold for $66,000.