1877-CC 50C MS(PCGS#6356)

1877-CC 50C MS (PCGS#6356)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

详细说明: 1877-CC Seated Liberty Half Dollar. WB-103. Type II Reverse, Medium CC. MS-67 (NGC). The 1877-CC is the most plentiful Carson City Mint half dollar issue in terms of total number of coins believed to exist. The vast majority of survivors are circulated, however, and the issue merits a Rarity-3+ rating in Mint State (per Wiley and Bugert, 1993). Most of the Uncs are examples of the WB-103 variety, and most grade no finer than MS-64.<br />     PCGS and NGC combined have certified only seven CC-mint halves of all dates at the Superb Gem grade level. Nearly half of those pieces are 1877-CCs, two are 1873-CC No Arrows and the other two are 1876-CCs. All of these coins are extraordinary condition rarities, for it is amazing that silver pieces of this size that were produced at this rustic frontier era coinage facility could have survived with such pristine looking surfaces. Yet that is exactly how we would describe this awe inspiring 1877-CC. Both sides are intensely lustrous with a satin to softly frosted texture that radiates forcefully at all angles. Beautiful, slightly mottled, reddish-apricot iridescence is largely confined to the peripheries, from where it frames lighter, more or less brilliant centers. Fully struck throughout, this high Condition Census example is a definite highlight of the silver offerings in this sale.