Only five or six Proof 1833 quarter eagles exist. Walter Breen notes three pieces, and David Akers estimates five or six. A handful of auction records can be traced for the past half century, but there is a possibility that these may not represent all different coins. Apparently at least two known specimens are either "not too carefully handled" or "hairmarked," per Walter Breen.

The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in the Louis E. Eliasberg United States Gold Coin Auction, where it realized $50,600.