1891-CC $10 MS(PCGS#8720)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2416

Grade

MS62+

Price

5,040

Lot Description

A lustrous and sharply struck example with warm rose highlights to otherwise honey-gold surfaces. 103,732 eagles were struck in the penultimate year of the Carson City Mint's coining operations and, unlike for many issues in this mintmarked gold series, thousands were exported to Europe. Repatriations beginning in the second half of the 20th century have swelled the Mint State population to upward of 2,300 coins (per Rusty Goe, 2020). Most of these grade no finer than MS-62, at which levels the 1891-CC is a mainstay of Mint State gold type sets and CC-Mint collections. Scarce in MS-62+ and MS-63, higher grade pieces are formidable condition rarities. With coveted CAC approval, this premium BU example represents outstanding value for the issue and is sure to have no difficulty finding its way into an advanced cabinet.