1873-CC T$1 Trade MS(PCGS#7032)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

2128

Grade

AU58

Prix

10 800

Description du lot

Rare Choice About Uncirculated preservation for this challenging first year trade dollar issue from the Carson City Mint. Both sides are interestingly, yet attractively toned in vivid reddish-russet and cobalt blue iridescence that appears to drift toward the rims. Luster is strong for the grade with a softly frosted texture, the surfaces remarkably smooth in hand for the assigned grade. The design elements are boldly to sharply defined - a rare attribute for an issue that is often noticeably blunt at and around Liberty's head and/or at the eagle's left leg.<p>Perhaps surprisingly given its proximity to the silver mines of the Comstock Lode, the Carson City Mint's initial contribution to the trade dollar series is a modest 124,500-piece mintage for the 1873-CC. (Much of the silver from Nevada's mines was actually shipped to the San Francisco Mint for coinage.) Most examples were exported to China, as intended, where they circulated widely until their eventual destruction through melting. Shipments of trade dollars from the Orient to coin dealers in the United States beginning in the 1950s contained very few examples of the 1873-CC, and most of the coins that were included were chopmarked. Limited quantities of 1873-CC trade dollars did remain stateside since the denomination enjoyed legal tender status within the United States until demonetized through the Act of July 22, 1876, and these account for the majority of examples without chopmarks in numismatic hands. Contemporary numismatic interest in this denomination was virtually nil, however, and precious few examples of the 1873-CC were either kept from entering circulation or set aside after seeing limited commercial use. This is a noteworthy example for the issue, and it is sure to sell for a strong bid.