1874-CC $20 MS(PCGS#8971)

1874-CC $20 MS (PCGS#8971)

March 2020 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: Rarely Offered Mint State 1874-CC Double Eagle 1874-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-60 (PCGS). This is a boldly struck, uncommonly well preserved coin in an early date Carson City Mint double eagle. Both sides exhibit a softly frosted finish from the dies with a full endowment of handsome medium gold patina. The Carson City Mint delivered 115,085 double eagles in 1874, up considerably from the 22,410 coins struck in 1873. The coins went directly into commerce locally, with few if any being shipped overseas at the time. Carson City Mint double eagles were not sent to foreign destinations in quantity before 1879, and only intermittently after that time. As a result, repatriated Carson City Mint gold coins typically are circulated, having received wear in the United States prior to being shipped overseas. The fact that most 1874-CC double eagles circulated locally explains the extreme rarity of this issue in Mint State. There was no known numismatic interest on the frontier at the time, and very few coins were preserved in Mint State as part of foreign bank hoards. Indeed, this is one of the finest examples known to the major certification services, a coin that would serve as a centerpiece in an advanced collection of Carson City Mint coinage or double eagles. PCGS Population: 13; 16 finer (MS-62 finest). PCGS# 8971. NGC ID: 26AP. Click here for certification details from PCGS.