1876-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-61 (PCGS). CAC.
Vivid reddish-rose highlights mingle with dominant golden-apricot color on both sides of this boldly struck, visually appealing example. Fully lustrous and remarkably well preserved for an example of this popular Centennial year issue from the Carson City Mint. The 1876-CC double eagle has a mintage of 138,441 pieces, more than 27,000 coins above the previous year's total. Numerous examples of this issue were sent overseas in banking transactions. We estimate 300 to 400 or slightly more Mint State examples exist, although Rusty Goe (2020) takes a more conservative view with only 175 to 275 Uncirculated coins extant. In either case, most of these at the lower end of the Mint State grading scale and somewhat "baggy" from storage and friction. Many of these coins were included in repatriations of United States gold coins from foreign bank hoards. Regardless of exactly how many examples are extant, the 1876-CC is one of the more readily obtainable Carson City Mint double eagles in low end Mint State, and it is consequently popular with mintmarked type collectors as well as series specialists. The offered coin is finer than most at this level and offers noteworthy condition rarity to tempt the advanced collector.
PCGS# 8977. NGC ID: 26AW.
CAC Population: 35; 7.
From the Fairmont Collection - JBR Set.