1877-CC $5 MS(PCGS#8343)

August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1281

等级

AU55

价格

164,194

详细说明

Delectable AU 1877-CC Half Eagle 1877-CC Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter-1-B. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC. Beautiful in every regard, this coin is bathed in a brilliant sunflower yellow hue. Soft mint frost surrounds the devices, while the smooth and unmarred fields glow. There is outstanding crisp detail throughout with little evidence of any softness in the striking quality for which this mint is well known. A distinguished example from this famed Western mint. For the first time in several years, the half eagle output at Carson City dipped below that of another minting facility, this time San Francisco. The dies for the branch mints that were prepared for the Carson City and San Francisco mints to produce the 1877 gold coinage all suffered a problem that prevented both facilities no not be able to begin production immediately. The employees at the San Francisco Mint were able to resolve the issue and began coining gold starting in February. However, it would not be until April before the issue was resolved at Carson City and gold coins - at first just double eagles - would roll of the mint's presses. A single obverse die and a pair of reverse dies were used to coin all 8,680 half eagles, all in one single batch delivered by Coiner Levi Dague in August. The two reverse dies are distinguished chiefly by the placement of the mintmark: On Winter 1-B, as here, the mintmark is level with the first C over the left side of the letter V in FIVE and the second C over the junction between the letters VE in the same word. Unlike many of the gold coins struck at Carson City, maybe only half of the $5 gold pieces struck actually circulated in the region, while the balance were shipped out of state. Although this issue is not found as severely abraded as other issues, the coins still saw heavy use and were not saved for posterity; therefore high grade examples remain as elusive as ever. Perhaps around 125 or so are still extant, almost all of which in the circulated grade levels, the majority of which fall in the VF to EF range. Lower end AU examples are scarce, but above that level, this is a challenging issue. The addition of a Choice AU example with exemplary eye appeal into an advanced Western gold cabinet is a noteworthy occasion. Provenance: From the York Collection. Earlier from our ANA Rarities Night sale, August 2016, lot 3264. PCGS Population: 8; 7 finer through MS-62. PCGS# 8343. NGC ID: 25X2. Click here for certification details from PCGS.