1874-CC 50C MS(PCGS#6347)

The June 2012 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2713

等级

XF45

价格

31,736

详细说明

1874-CC Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Arrows. WB-101, Die Pair WB-3. Rarity-4. EF-45 (PCGS). CAC. Deep golden gray surfaces yield bold design motifs for the grade and no marks that are readily presented to the unassisted eye. An ever-popular issue from the Carson City Mint, but then, what date isn't? One of just 59,000 examples of the date struck. Choice for the grade physically as well as aesthetically. As you read these words our staff is busily at work -- and having a very enjoyable time -- creating our presentation of the Battle Born Collection of Carson City coinage to be offered during our official auction at the World’s Fair of Money in Philadelphia in August. This is an absolutely complete collection of Carson City issues from dimes to double eagles, including the unique 1873-CC No Arrows dime. The vast majority of examples are in Mint State, often Gem, yielding an average grade not equalled in any Carson City collection ever formed. As to the name “Battle Born,” about which we are asked now and again, this comes from the fact that Nevada became a state during the Civil War, 1864, although no battles were actually waged in what is better known as the Silver State. The Battle Born Collection has been well known for some time, has been exhibited, and is mentioned frequently in the studies that Rusty Goe has prepared on Carson City coinage and the operation of that mint 1870-1893. PCGS# 6347. Provenance: From the Reverend Paul L. Harwell Collection.