1870 Carson City Seated Dollar
Eddi
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This is another of the coins I added to my USA collection more than 3 decades ago. It was lot 361 of the Bowers and Merena Sale of the R. W. Rusbar Collection, 1990.
I would greatly appreciate your opinions on it.
Thank you!
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I think EF with what looks like some cleaning in the obv fields and maybe around the eagle as well. Nearly perfect rims is always a plus on these heavy coins.
I love that bit of rim toning.
It’s better than most that you see, and you don’t see many of them!
I agree with Kaz. A nice looking early CC dollar coin in XF that appears to have been cleaned before starting to retone.
A nice old CC dollar... Looks like 35-40 range.... Would be happy to own that one. Cheers, RickO
I'm calling it an XF40-45. Don't forget that early silver "CC" (1870-1874) silver coins get a grading break a lot of times.
With the details in the eagle's feathers and shield, I would say EF45.
The right obv field is really bothersome
It could just be thumbing that removed some of the tarnish.
Noice! Looks cleaned but its rare. From what I heard there are only like 20 know? Or is that for the half dollar?
mintage ~11,758 to 12,462, but it is estimated that <1000 survive, and perhaps as low as an estimated 450-650
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- DIVa (Designated Ike Varieties) Project co-lead and attributor
Appears to be Obverse 1 / Reverse-C. Date left. Widely spaced CC. "Used on some 1870-CC dollars and all 1872-CC dollars." https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1870-cc-1/6964
- Ike Group member
- DIVa (Designated Ike Varieties) Project co-lead and attributor
Why would the obv be categorized by numbers and rev by letters? Did the federal government come up with that cat. system?
70-S is much harder to find, 70-CC is fairly easy.
I would say it has AU-50 sharpness, but the obverse and reverse field surfaces have been cleaned. It might get a straight grade, perhaps an EF net grade because CC coins sometimes catch some breaks, but the odds are it will go into a “details” holder. Even so, it’s a very attractive example of a scarce coin.
XF45 cleaned but worth getting slabbed if you plan to sell. It’s better than your average Seated Dollar but not a coin I would want to own collection. I prefer original crust whenever possible. Thanks for sharing.
Nice coin, probably net grades to EF-40 - 45 due to the hairlines in the fields.
I would have to see it in hand. Please send it to me.
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