1891-CC $5 MS(PCGS#8378)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

1189

Grade

MS63+

Prix

4 680

Description du lot

A beautiful example of both the type and the issue, the desirable CC mintmark enhances this coin's considerable appeal. Frosty honey-apricot surfaces are originally and carefully preserved, fully worthy of the Choice Mint State rating from PCGS. Sharply struck with eye appeal to spare. Due to financial setbacks, the demand for gold specie from European countries increased markedly in 1891, and the Carson City Mint stepped up gold coin production. The facility's output of half eagles reached its peak in 1891 at 208,000 pieces, and for the second year in a row coinage of this denomination at the Carson City Mint outstripped that at the Philadelphia Mint. Many of these coins were exported, as intended. Repatriations from European vaults in recent decades have provided a windfall of Mint State examples. There are quite a few Choice coins in MS-63 and MS-64 extant, but with its premium quality and undeniable originality, the specimen offered here is a noteworthy condition rarity. It will be just right for a world class numismatic cabinet.