Stack's Bowers Galleries

March 2021 Auction  –  24 - 27 March 2021

Stack's Bowers Galleries, March 2021 Auction

Live Sessions: US Coins and Banknotes

Part 1: We, 24.03.2021, from 6:00 PM UTC
Part 2: Th, 25.03.2021, from 4:00 PM UTC
Part 3: Th, 25.03.2021, from 9:00 PM UTC
Part 4: Fr, 26.03.2021, from 1:00 AM UTC
Part 5: Fr, 26.03.2021, from 4:00 PM UTC
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Description

Liberty Head Half Eagle

1891-CC Liberty Head Half Eagle. Winter 1-A. MS-63 (PCGS). CAC.

Boldly to sharply struck design elements and full frosty mint luster are sure to win many adherents for this premium quality example. Attractively original in preservation, as well, both sides are bathed in lovely honey-orange patina. Due to financial setbacks, the demand for gold specie from European countries increased markedly in 1891. The Carson City Mint stepped up gold coin production in 1891 to help meet this heightened demand and alleviate some of the strain on the nation's reserves. The facility's output of half eagles reached its peak in 1891, in fact, and for the second year in a row coinage of this denomination at the Carson City Mint outstripped that at the Philadelphia Mint. The mintage for the 1891-CC amounted to 208,000 coins. Many of these coins were exported, as intended, and repatriations from European vaults in recent decades have provided a windfall of Mint State examples for today's mintmarked type collectors and Carson City Mint enthusiasts. Choice Uncirculated coins in MS-63 and MS-64, as here, are the most popular with collectors as they can provide excellent quality and strong eye appeal for a relatively affordable sum.

PCGS# 8378. NGC ID: 25Y5.

From the Fairmont Collection.

Estimate: $ 3500

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Price realized 3'900 USD
Starting price 1 USD
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