1891-CC $20 MS(PCGS#9017)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2214

Grade

AU55

Price

28,800

Lot Description

With ample luster and bold to sharp definition, this endearing Choice AU is sure to have no difficulty finding its way into a specialized double eagle or Carson City Mint collection. Attractively original deep honey-apricot color blankets both sides.<p>With a mere 5,000 pieces produced, the 1891-CC is the lowest mintage Carson City Mint double eagle of the 1889 to 1893 era. Circulation on the West Coast was immediate and extensive, although a couple of thousand of examples were probably exported after acquiring wear. Most of those coins were melted overseas, although a few hundred have been repatriated in recent decades, to the delight of collectors who would otherwise not be able to obtain an example of this key date Carson City Mint entry.