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1871-CC $20 XF45 ANACS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:9,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1871-CC $20 XF45 ANACS
<B>1871-CC $20 --Cleaned--ANACS. XF45 Details.</B></I> Variety 1-A, the only variety known for the year. The 1871-CC double eagle, with a mintage of 17,387 pieces, is the second rarest Carson City twenty dollar. Moreover, the issue possesses less than stellar eye appeal. Rusty Goe, in his <I>The Mint on Carson Street</B></I>, says "Of the surviving 1871-CCs extant, few are inspiring ... ." In his <I>Gold Coins of the Carson City Mint</B></I>, Douglas Winter elaborates: "The surfaces on virtually every known 1871-CC are very heavily abraded. These marks are often deep and detracting. The obverse fields are usually the most heavily abraded area. There are few known with relatively clean surfaces ... ."<BR> The straw-gold surfaces of this XF45 Details example does reveal a number of small contact marks, particularly on the obverse, but they do not appear to be that "deep and detracting" for a large gold coin that saw some circulation. Fine obverse hairlines are also noted under magnification, as are a few light pinscratches left of the date. Save for minor softness in portions of Liberty's hair, the design elements are well defined.<BR> All in all, we would say this is a better-than-average circulated 1871-CC double eagle, despite the light cleaning. And the marks scattered about are well within the context of the grade designation. The collector interested in rare Carson City coinage should not let this opportunity pass by.<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> James B. Longacre<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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