1876-CC T$1 TDV-22, DDR (FS-801) MS(PCGS#145815)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2298

Grade

MS62

Price

13,800

Lot Description

An enchanting trade dollar irrespective of issue, and a Condition Census rarity in an example of the 1876-CC FS-801 DDR variety. Frosty surfaces are fully lustrous and lightly toned in silver-apricot iridescence that is boldest in the protected areas around the design elements. Sharply struck with no troublesome marks, this PQ example is temptingly close to a Choice Mint State rating.<p>One of the most important varieties in the trade dollar series of 1873 to 1885, the 1876-CC Doubled Die Reverse exhibits particularly wide doubling to the eagle's right (facing) wing tip and the olive branch. Less pronounced doubling is also noted for the eagle's beak, as well as letters in the Latin motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. Examples are scarce and eagerly sought in all grades, and they are particularly rare at and above AU-50. Writing about this variety in 2012, Q. David Bowers observed:<p><em>Regarding the Doubled Die Reverse trade dollar offered here, Bill Fivaz and I corresponded on this variety years ago, and he said it was the most spectacular doubled die in American coinage. I respectfully suggest that there are no more than a handful of Mint State coins or, if there are, they have not gained my notice.</em><p>In his excellent 2020 reference <em>The Confident Carson City Coin Collector</em>, Rusty Goe writes of a PCGS MS-64 example and three coins certified MS-63 by the same service as the finest known for this variety. Comfortably positioned within the next tier of the variety's Condition Census, the lovely PCGS/CAC MS-62 offered here would also make an outstanding addition to a world-class trade dollar cabinet.