1881-CC Liberty Head Eagle. Winter 1-A, the only known dies. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC.
Glints of pinkish-rose enliven dominant honey-apricot color on both sides of this richly originally example. It is the sign of the rarity of this mintmarked gold series that the 1881-CC, with just 24,015 pieces produced, ranks among the highest mintage Carson City Mint eagles. In his outstanding new reference The Confident Carson City Coin Collector, CC-Mint expert Rusty Goe estimates that 375 to 450 examples are extant in all grades. Yet despite the relatively generous population, many 1881-CC eagles in numismatic hands are impaired due to cleaning, damage or other problems. Attractively original survivors, as here, are scarce to rare in all grades and always in demand.
PCGS# 8692. NGC ID: 265X.
From the Fairmont Collection - CAG Set.

Estimate: $5000