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Choice AU 1870-CC Seated Dollar
Historic First Carson City Issue

1870-CC $1 AU55 NGC. Variety 2-E. With likely more than a dash of poetic license, Rusty Goe describes the mintage of the first CC-mint Seated dollars: "A month later, on February 10, 1870, it was time for the sound of the coin press to finally roar and from morning until night that big 12-ton Morgan and Orr clanged out 2,303 new 1870-CC Seated Liberty silver dollars. [Mint Superintendent Abraham] Curry had already planned out who the first coin was going to be reserved for: the number one citizen in the United States, President Ulysses S. Grant."
This Choice AU survivor could be from that first day's mintage, as only 12,462 pieces were coined in all. This piece shows only light wear on the high points of the deep gray-green surfaces, with no singular abrasions and good eye appeal.(Registry values: N2998)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24ZE, PCGS# 6964, GSID# 7228)

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 26.73 grams
ASW: 0.77346oz
Mintage: 12,462

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The Confident Carson City Coin Collector
by Rusty Goe

The Carson City Mint’s celebrated legacy — replete with landmark achievements, setbacks, mysteries and tall tales — is covered in exacting detail in Goe’s three-volume set.

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Auction Info

2009 October Signature US Coin Auction #1130 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2009
22nd-24th Thursday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 7
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