Carson City Half Dollar Thread post 'em if you got 'em
LJenkins11
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Edited to add the 1873-CC No Arrows. Only the 1877-CC remains outstanding to finish the set.
Recently added the 1872-CC to my Carson City 50C set and I'm now down to two left: 1873-CC No Arrows and 1877-CC. Carson City half dollars are a short lived set, 1870-1878, and the shortest of all the Seated Liberty 50C branch mint issues. Each coin represents the early days of the South West and overall saw heavy circulation. Though there are only ten pieces in the set some of them are among the more challenging to obtain within the overall Seated Half dollar set. My goal for this short set, along with the rest of my Seated Liberty Half Dollar date/MM set, has been to locate each piece in XF condition. I am not a photographer and all but three of the following pics are seller/archived auction listings so credit to them.
Comments welcomed but more importantly... please share your own Carson City half dollars!
1870-CC, WB-101, WB-2, R-5, total mintage 54,617
Acquired from Northern Nevada Coin
1871-CC, WB-101, WB-6, R-4, total mintage 153,950
Acquired from Great Collections
1872-CC, WB-101, WB-8, R-4, total mintage 257,000
Acquired from Stack's Bowers
1873-CC No Arrows, WB-101, WB-1, Closed 3, R-3, total mintage 122,500
Acquired from Northern Nevada Coin
1873-CC Arrows, WB-102, WB-4, With Arrows, Open 3, Small CC, R-4, total mintage 214,560
Acquired from Gerry Fortin Rare Coins
1874-CC, WB-101, WB-3, R-4, total mintage 59,000
Acquired from Ebay - allencollectibles
1875-CC, WB-101, WB-5, Medium CC, Repunched CC, R-3, total mintage 1,008,000
Acquired from Stacks's Bowers
1876-CC, WB-101, WB-4, Small CC, R-4, total mintage 1,956,000
Acquired from Gerry Fortin Rare Coins
1878-CC, WB-101, WB-1, R-4, total mintage 62,000
Acquired from David Lawrence Rare Coins
The Carson City Mint, now The Nevada State Museum, is still the only U.S. Mint I have visited and highly recommended to anyone yet to do so.
This was hanging in the museum and it feels like it should be the mascot/spirit animal of my CC set as it reinvigorated my determination to finish it. 
Comments
Great idea for a short set in a wonderful series. And your selections are all very nice.
Awesome!
Yikes!
Impressive coins and thread!
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1870 and 71 are my two favorites
Nice coins...tough set.
What a wonderful set. do you have a favorite? I am torn between the 75 and the 72. James
VG-10, WB-3a
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Fantastic display! Well done sir!
Wow! That’s a great set you have.
My only CC half:
I had been looking for a nice 1876-CC for a long time when this PCGS AU58 showed up on eBay and I couldn't hit the buy it now button fast enough. This was before the days of plus grades and CAC, perhaps someday I will try.
Seated Dollar Collection
@Southcounty mine is a younger sibling to your 76-CC. AU58 CAC.
@HoledandCreative - amazing set with detail grades from VF25 to AU+.
@LJenkins11 I'm still loving that dusty, crusty 78-CC. That 72-CC Trueview is, umm, frustrating.
My goal with SLHs was to fill a Dansco with original-looking raw coins off eBay that should straight grade. Regarding my CC coins, I have no 70-CC at the moment. I also have no photos for the two 72-CCs (WB-4 & WB-6), and both 73-CC types. They're all in low grades (G-F). I'm not sure if I'll cross over my ANACS Berlinghof F15 73-CC WA as it has cert #777776. Coins with an asterisk were purchased as graded coins.
1871-CC WB-5 (R5), PCGS G4
1874-CC WB-1 (R6), PCGS G6
*1874-CC WB-3 (R4), PCGS VG8 CAC - from Gerry Fortin at FUN, photo by J Finkelstein.
1875-CC VG
1876-CC WB-12 (R3), PCGS XF40
Two relatively mark-free, low-grade 76-CCs
1877-CC WB-15 (R2), PCGS VF30 - I'm glad this graded - the flaw isn't hidden on this otherwise nice coin
*1877-CC WB-10 (R4), PCGS XF45 - from ARCO
1878-CC WB-1 VF Details - cleaned
My one an only (AU58 CAC):
@LJenkins11 you have a wonderful set. Well done!
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
I have tried for years to upgrade my 1871-CC, but I just can't seem to find one with the eye appeal I like so I have held this circ cam example and likely will for some time. I do find 71-CCs in higher grade, but with nice original surfaces has been a challenge.
Seated Dollar Collection
@Southcounty That's an incredible coin. When you find you're upgrade, I'd absolutely love to have a shot at owning your VF30!
"Got a flaming heart, can't get my fill"
Your set is very nice. Congratulations.
Really like the holed set, too.
Here is my set:
Tough to find nice, this one has good looks.
Nice crusty example.
This one is nice in hand.
The toughest date in the set for me.
Even toning and a faint print on this one.
A very nice XF example.
I really like this one [WB-10] with its 'I We Trust' motto.
Nice color/presentation.
Nice looking final date.
Me, too!
And I "liked" it first. So there!
What I couldn't show earlier as these coins were raw and being graded or crossed to PCGS. A little more care and effort could have gone into choosing these CC coins rather than grabbing them off eBay to quickly fill Dansco holes many years ago. Oh well.
PCGS G6
PCGS F12 Berlinghof hoard
PCGS VG8
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Beautiful half dollars in this thread! I'm going to need a Carson City half before long, but I keep fighting distractions weekly because what I really need to focus on is finding an original 1870-CC seated liberty dollar in XF45.
My Carson City Morgan Registry Set
I purchased this coin at the Walter H. Childs sale on August 30, 1999. Yes, I still have it but, not for long because I will be eBaying it in Early Jan. 2025.
By weird circumstance I have 3 1873-cc No Arrows half dollars (the other two are in the bank SDB). I placed a bid on an 1873-cc no arrows half dollar on ebay that sold almost the same time as I bought this one. My wife surprised me with another 1873-CC no arrows half dollar for Christmas 1999. Thus why I have three. I am glad I have them now. They are all in about the same condition.