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***Auction Highlight*** 1876-cc Seated Liberty Quarter 25c Graded ms65 By SEGS (fc)

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***Auction Highlight*** 1876-cc Seated Liberty Quarter 25c Graded ms65 By SEGS (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** 1876-cc Seated Liberty Quarter 25c Graded ms65 By SEGS. Bright and satiny, this delightful Gem also sports some attractive rim toning that further enhances already strong eye appeal. The Carson City Mint produced a significant number of quarter dollars in this year -- nearly five million were struck. Most of these entered circulation in due course, but a few hundred apparently survived in various Mint State grades. At the Gem level of preservation, this date and mint becomes a condition rarity that is still obtainable with patience, and numismatists of all sorts would do well to secure a Gem like this example to represent the date and mint of this popular centennial issue.On May 10, 1876, the Centennial Exposition opened in Philadelphia and continued for several months to celebrate the founding of America. Progress included a new record time for the Transcontinental Express train which arrived in San Francisco on June 4, less than 84 hours after leaving New York City, opening doors for rapid transportation across the country. Meanwhile Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer met his fate along with another 267 members of the 7th Calvary Regiment and scouts at the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory at the hands of some 5,000 Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse on June 24-25 of that year. The year 1876 had many historic events unfold, and this handsome quarter is a solid link to this important year. A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away Coin