1881-CC $5 MS(PCGS#8356)
1881-CC $5 MS (PCGS#8356)
October 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1226
- 等级
- AU50
- 价格
- 35,102
- 详细说明
- 1881-CC Liberty Head Half Eagle. AU-50 (NGC). An appealing honey-gold example, both sides are predominantly sharp in detail with flickers or original luster evident as the surfaces rotate under a light. Among the rarest of the Carson City half eagles and the rarest of those from the 1880s, only 13,886 coins were struck for the 1881-CC as compared to the more than 5.7 million struck at the Philadelphia Mint. A single pair of dies was employed for the entire run, managing to turn out 5,640 half eagles before the facility was shut down on April 1. When the doors finally reopened in November, mint personnel were able to coin an additional 8,246 examples of the denomination before the end of the year. The survival rate is a bit better than in previous years, but not by much. Scarcely more than 100 or so are thought to remain in numismatic circles presently, almost all of which are in lower degrees of preservation that offered here, generally clustered in and around the VF and EF mark. The opportunity to acquire this handsome AU should not be overlooked. PCGS# 8356. NGC ID: 25XE. Click here for certification details from NGC.