Auction Name: 2026 March 26 - 28 US Coins Signature® Auction

Lot Number: 3086

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/1391*3086

1879-CC $1 Capped Die, VAM-3, MS64 PCGS. CAC. A Top 100 Variety. In most grades, the price differential between the Normal Mintmark variety and the overmintmarked (Capped Die) variant is of little significance despite the fact that the Normal Mintmark coins outnumber the overmintmarked examples by a factor of two to one or more. One reason the Large CC over Small CC overmintmark does not bring much of a premium except in high grades is the overmintmark is disguised by disfiguring die work -- sometimes described as resembling die rust -- obscuring the true nature of the classic Mint error. This near-Gem Capped Die example is brilliant and frosty. Lustrous surfaces show only distributed tiny marks and slight central softness as usual above the ear and at the eagle's breast feathering. CAC endorsement confirms high quality for the assigned grade. PCGS reports only 19 numerically finer examples plus 33 pieces in 64+ (1/26).
From The Stoebner Family Collection.

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