Lot 1252
1872-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. Nice golden toning on both sides. The mintage of the 1872-CC $10 encompassed just 4,600 pieces, as most depositors had a preference for the more larger $20 denomination (compare annual mintage figures from this mint). Of that number, we estimate that as few as 40 to 60 exist, with the typical specimen grading a problem-plagued Very Fine. The early coins of the Carson City Mint, especially those minted in 1870 through 1872, seem to have been in circulation for a longer span than average if we can judge by the survivors. These pieces wore heavily, and over a period of time most were melted or otherwise disappeared. Very few were ever exported, since the main export centers were New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, and to a lesser extent, San Francisco, places where CC-coinage would rarely circulate. Pop 11; 9 finer; no mint state examples graded by either service. (PCGS # 8664) .
Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000.
Harry Bass Jr. Coll.
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| Realized $10,350 |
