1890-CC $5 MS(PCGS#8376)

The March 2013 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4227

Grade

MS63

Price

4,994

Lot Description

1890-CC Liberty Half Eagle. MS-63 (NGC). Brilliant and frosty. Sharply struck almost everywhere save for a touch of softness on the eagle's neck feathers as is typical for the issue. Despite a generous mintage (by Carson City standards) of 53,800 pieces, comparatively few Uncirculated examples can be accounted for today. Doug Winter in his <em>Gold Coins of the Carson City Mint</em> (2001) estimated a Mint State population of fewer than 150 specimens. NGC has certified examples as MS-63 or finer on just a few dozen occasions since the establishment of that firm in 1986.