1870-CC $1 MS(PCGS#6964)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2124

Grade

XF45

Price

9,000

Lot Description

A boldly toned example, generally sandy-gray in appearance, but with considerable mottling of steel-blue on the reverse. Both sides are well defined for the grade, the surfaces a bit muted with scattered marks, none of which are noteworthy in a lightly circulated CC-Mint dollar of this design type.<p>One of only four Carson City Mint issues in the Liberty Seated silver dollar series, the 1870-CC is also the most available in today's market. The 2,303 examples delivered on February 11 of that year represent the beginning of coinage operations at this branch mint. By year's end an additional 10,159 coins were struck for a total mintage of 12,462 pieces. (Carson City Mint expert Rusty Goe believes that the oft-quoted figure of 11,758 coins struck is an error made by numismatists who overlook two additional deliveries of coins, one made prior to June 30 and the other in August.) The novelty of these large silver coins with the CC mintmark resulted in a fair number of examples being snatched up by residents in and around Carson City at the time of issue, with others spared from being melted when they made their way into Treasury Department stocks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today we can account for upward of 700 survivors, most of which are well worn and grade no finer than VF. This scarce Choice EF coin is sure to find its way into an advanced Carson City Mint or silver dollar collection.