Lot 2462
1875-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-50. Another high grade example of this elusive $10 gold piece from the Carson City Mint. While conditions on the East Coast were still troubled following the Panic of 1873 and subsequent seven-year depressed economic conditions, Out West, where this golden treasure presumably circulated, conditions were bustling, commerce brisk, with trade with the Orient being big business. Due to politics, the gold and silver bullion dug out of the Comstock and nearby "lodes" got shipped off to distant San Francisco for minting into coins. Carson City suffered from it, as seen in the low mintage totals for the years of the 1870s when production should have been high. Only 7,715 struck. Pop 7; 10 finer. (PCGS # 8673) .
Estimated Value $16,000 - 17,000.
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