Lot 1849
1891-CC. NGC graded MS-64. A beautiful, frosty and untoned example. Gold half eagles were minted once again at Carson City in 1890 after a five-year gap, during which San Francisco was the primary distributor of $5 gold pieces. In this year, however, San Francisco switched to minting dimes, silver dollars and double eagles, with Carson City supplementing the gold depositors’ demands for half eagles, eagles, and double eagles. In 1890, almost the entire output from the fast fading Comstock gold mines was deposited at the local Carson mint and turned into coins with a face value of $2.25 million. Naturally, the higher mintage in 1890 resulted in a higher population extant. Plentiful supplies of choice Mint State 1890-CC half eagles are available and for the most part affordable to the mid-level gold coin collector today. Pop 60; 15 finer, 7 in 64+, 8 in 65 (PCGS # 8378) .
Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,250.
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