1893-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle. MS-62 (PCGS). CAC.
Vivid golden-apricot and pale rose surfaces are intensely lustrous with a satin to softly frosted finish. Both sides are fully struck from the rims to the centers with an exceptionally smooth appearance for a CC-Mint double eagle. The Carson City Mint's final double eagle issue has a mintage of just 18,402 pieces. The institution had struggled against politics and other factors since its opening in 1870, but time had finally run out in 1893. Perhaps not coincidentally, the nearby Comstock Lode also largely dried up by 1893, the heady days of gold mining at the site rapidly coming to an end. With an above average rate of survival for a Carson City Mint double eagle, the 1893-CC is more obtainable in today's market than the mintage might suggest. This is fortunate for collectors, allowing many to acquire an example of a historic issue from one of the nation's most romanticized and popularly collected coinage facilities. For the advanced collector only a Mint State coin will do, however, and such pieces are scarce in an absolute sense with Rusty Goe (2020) allowing for only 290 to 350 examples. The Fairmont-JBR specimen offered here is among the finer obtainable in today's market and comes highly recommended.
PCGS# 9023. NGC ID: 26C9.
CAC Population: 20; 3.
From the Fairmont Collection - JBR Set.