Lot 1533
1870-CC. NGC graded AU-55. Pleasing antique greyish-violet toning with reflective surfaces. Only 11,758 struck. A strictly graded specimen of the highest desirability for this popularly collected CC-mint denomination. Full originality blends smoothly with boldly executed devices. In the Seated Half Dollar series, Carson City produced issues only from 1870 through 1878 inclusive. The earlier dates in particular are very hard to find today and in high grade such as AU55 are exceedingly rare. In general, mintage figures of Carson City coins are lower than those of San Francisco issues of that period, due in part to the fact that after the second San Francisco Mint opened in 1873, it was cheaper to ship bullion to the San Francisco Mint for coinage and haul the finished coins back to Nevada, than it was to have the coins struck locally in Carson City! Hence the wide divergence in mint totals for 1870. Pop 23; 36 finer.
Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500.
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