1874-CC $5 MS(PCGS#8334)

The November 2012 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3276

等级

AU55

价格

54,950

详细说明

Condition Rarity 1874-CC Liberty Half Eagle 1874-CC Liberty Half Eagle. AU-55 (NGC). Although this date and mint is available in lower circulated grades, any coin at this grade level is indeed a condition rarity and highly desirable. Residual luster flashes from the protected areas and the strike is decent especially on the reverse where the eagle retains much of the feather definition. The surfaces are pleasing bright orange-gold with a dash of crimson and rose near the rims. Boldly clashed dies on the reverse and the diagnostic die lump at the top of Liberty's nose near her eye is present. The second C is slightly weak, perhaps caused by the multiple clashes. Liberty's cheek and neck are clean with no deep or distracting marks found anywhere. An important offering for a Liberty Seated dollar or Carson City Mint specialist. Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers Nearly all pieces of the half eagle denomination circulated at par in the West at a time when gold coins were not seen in circulation in the East or Midwest. While by 1874 double eagles were exported in quantity, this did not happen with $5 coins, with the result that very few have ever been repatriated from overseas sources. When I studied half eagles in detail some years ago I concluded that about two or three different examples of the 1874-CC are known in Mint State and perhaps 80 to 170 in circulated grades, with Very Fine being about typical. For many years this has been viewed as a key issue. In July 1927, when not much attention was being paid to mintmarked coins of higher denominations, Thomas L. Elder in his sale, lot 61637, noted that the 1874-CC is "very rare." The same sentiment was repeated in other early catalogs. PCGS# 8334. NGC Census: 29; 17 finer (MS-61 finest).