1870-CC Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-5. Rarity-5+. EF Details--Cleaned (NGC).
One of only four Carson City Mint issues in the Liberty Seated silver dollar series, the 1870-CC is also the most available in today's market. The 2,303 examples delivered on February 11 of that year represent the beginning of coinage operations at this branch mint. By year's end an additional 10,159 coins were struck for a total mintage of 12,462 pieces. (Carson City Mint expert Rusty Goe believes that the oft-quoted figure of 11,758 coins struck is an error made by numismatists who overlook two additional deliveries of coins, one made prior to June 30 and the other in August.) The novelty of these large silver coins with the CC mintmark resulted in a fair number of examples being plucked from circulation years later by sharp-eyed Americans. Today we can account for upward of 700 survivors (Rusty Goe, 2020, says 650 to 875 pieces), most of which are well worn and grade no finer than VF. Despite the stated qualifier, the present example is still a conditionally scarce survivor of this historic and eagerly sought issue.
PCGS# 6964. NGC ID: 24ZE.

Estimate: $2250