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1870-CC 25C -- Improperly Cleaned -- NCS. XF Details. Briggs 1-A....

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1870-CC Quarter, XF Sharpness
Key Carson City Issue

1870-CC 25C -- Improperly Cleaned -- NCS. XF Details. Briggs 1-A. The 1870-CC had a first-year Carson City mintage of 8,340 pieces that circulated regionally, and virtually no examples were preserved numismatically. Among the few surviving examples, many show heavy wear or are impaired in one fashion or another. Augustus G. Heaton observed, "It has the smallest coinage of the CC series and is exceedingly rare." (A statement that is only partially true, since the 1873-CC No Arrows has a reported mintage of only 4,000 coins, of which just six pieces are known.) This is a well-detailed survivor, with solid XF sharpness and only slight weakness on some of the stars and the eagle's talons. Questionable deep-gray, blue, and rose toning hides a past cleaning, as indicated on the NCS holder. Still, this coin exceeds the majority of 1870-CC quarters available, and it is sure to elicit strong bidding among Seated quarter collectors and Carson City devotees.

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2020 August 3 - 9 US Coins Signature Auction #1318 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2020
3rd-9th Monday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 17
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Sold on Aug 3, 2020 for: $16,800.00
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