Lot 3850
1871-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Untoned and a nice struck coin. Very rare date in Mint State. Pop 4; 1 in 61; 1 in 63. A satin-fresh beauty with agreeable mint frost within, around and on top of the devices. Level, rolling luster, in fact, free from heavy abrasions that so commonly plague early CC-mint half eagles. There are splashes of rich "old gold" color in areas that mingle on the choice quality surfaces.
1871-CC checks in as a very significant rarity among the $5 issues produced at the Carson City Mint. Relatively few were made (in this instance 20,770), and nearly all seem to have been put into circulation. There was no interest on the part of numismatists at the time. The present piece is quite exceptional.
Estimated Value $19,000 - 21,000.
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