1881-CC $5 MS(PCGS#8356)

1881-CC $5 MS (PCGS#8356)

August 2021 ANA U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: 1881-CC Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 1-A, the only known dies. VF-30 (PCGS). CAC. Lovely deep honey-gold surfaces with wisps of pale rose evident as the coin turns into a direct light. Among the rarest of the Carson City Mint 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 Philadelphia in 1881. A single pair of dies was employed for the entire run, managing to turn out just 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 a hundred or so are thought to remain in numismatic circles (Rusty Goe, 2020, says 115 to 150 pieces), almost all of which are in lower degrees of preservation, generally clustered in and around the VF and EF mark, as here. For the grade, it is difficult for us to imagine a more attractive and desirable 1881-CC five than the Fairmont Collection specimen offered here. Provenance: From the Fairmont Collection. PCGS# 8356. NGC ID: 25XE. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.