1874-CC $10 MS(PCGS#8670)

August 2021 ANA U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4233

等级

AU53

价格

108,838

详细说明

Significant AU 1874-CC Eagle 1874-CC Liberty Head Eagle. Winter 1-A, the only known dies. AU-53 (PCGS). This handsome piece exhibits warm honey-gold patina that lightens to medium gold as the surfaces dip into a light. Wispy handling marks are noted, but none are sizeable, and the in hand appearance is remarkably smooth for a lightly circulated CC-Mint eagle of this date. Sharply defined apart from a touch of softness to the hair curls over Liberty's brow and the uppermost arrow feather on the reverse. Really a lovely coin, and a significant rarity as an About Uncirculated 1874-CC eagle. All gold coins struck at the Carson City Mint saw extensive use, especially those that date to the early and mid-1870s. Production for the eagle reached 16,767 pieces at this facility in 1874, and estimates for surviving examples range anywhere from 150 to 400 pieces. Rusty Goe provides the most up-to-date and (in our opinion) accurate estimate of 275 to 300 coins extant in his new book The Confident Carson City Coin Collector. More than half of the examples in numismatic hands grade VF or lower, however, and with only two Mint State survivors accounted for, this condition rarity About Uncirculated coin represents the finest realistically obtainable. An opportunity not to be missed. PCGS Population: 11; 14 finer, just one of which is Mint State (MS-63 finest). PCGS# 8670. NGC ID: 2658. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.