Lot 1191
1876-CC $5 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-50. Lovely golden toning on both sides. Highly lustrous orange-gold with silvery blue iridescence as a halo or "brocken" specter around the upper part of Liberty's portrait. A lovely combination. Also, this one is virtually free of marks of any consequence. Only 6,887 examples were struck of the rare '76-CC, registering the lowest mintage of the denomination at Carson City.
The 1876-CC coinage circulated extensively in the West and Pacific Northwest region of the country in the 1870s and 1880s, Washington to California and from Montana to New Mexico (since there was as yet no mint headquartered in Denver). Nearly all specimens acquired heavy wear and tear (in the form of extensive marks), with the result that today Very Fine is about the only grade you will see offered with any frequency. Even an Extremely Fine 1876-CC half eagle would prove problematical, and when it comes to strict About Uncirculated, well, scholars will tell us this is a High Rarity-6, suggesting that only twenty or so pieces were known in all of numismatics! Pop 5; 15 finer. (PCGS # 8340) .
Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000.
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