1873-CC $5 MS(PCGS#8331)

1873-CC $5 MS (PCGS#8331)

The January 2013 Americana Sale

详细说明: 1873-CC Liberty Half Eagle. AU-50 (NGC). Medium orange gold with lively mint frost in the protected design areas. Only lightly marked and essentially free of the abrasions that typically plague the surfaces of 1873-CC half eagles. From a scant mintage for the date of just 7,416 pieces, with the vast majority of the 75 to 100 or so known survivors in well-circulated grades and usually in the VF range. Regarding the date, the Winter reference notes: "The 1873-CC is the second rarest Carson City half eagle in terms of overall rarity and it is one of the rarest half eagles from this mint in high grades as well. When available it is typically seen with considerable wear. A coin that grades Extremely Fine-40 is quite scarce while an accurately graded Extremely Fine-45 is rare." Remarkably, the Old West Collection, offered by us in August 2006 and among the finest Carson City gold cabinets ever formed, was lacking an 1873-CC half eagle, a true testimony to the absolute rarity in play here. Here's a coin with everything going for it, including pleasing surfaces, decent design strength, and high grade. An opportunity such as this won't present itself often in your collecting career, so strike now while the proverbial iron is hot!