1881-CC $10 MS(PCGS#8692)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6616

Grade

AU53

Price

5,160

Lot Description

1881-CC Liberty Head Eagle. Winter 1-A, the only known dies. AU-53 (NGC). CAC. Glints of pinkish-rose enliven dominant golden-honey color on both sides of this fully original example. It is the sign of the rarity of this mintmarked gold series that the 1881-CC, with just 24,015 pieces produced, ranks among the highest mintage Carson City Mint eagles. In his outstanding new reference The Confident Carson City Coin Collector, CC-Mint expert Rusty Goe estimates that 375 to 450 examples are extant in all grades. Yet despite the relatively generous population, many 1881-CC eagles in numismatic hands are impaired due to cleaning, damage or other problems. Attractively original survivors, as here, are scarce to rare in all grades and always in demand. PCGS# 8692. NGC ID: 265X. Click here for certification details from NGC. Additional image by NGC Photo Vision. Learn more at NGCcoin.com