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JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1881-CC PCGS AU55 CAC
JUST ADDED - $5.00 - 1881-CC PCGS AU55 CAC
Date…….1881-CC
Grade…….PCGS AU55 CAC
PCGS Price Guide.…………17500
CDN Greysheet/CPG.….…18700
Population (PCGS).…….…..16/20
Population (NGC)..………….17/13
Population (CAC).….....….…8/9
Serial Number……8356.55/27600804
PCGS Lookup Number.…….8356
SCARCE PCGS/CAC AU55 1881-CC
The 1881-CC is by a significant amount the single scarcest post-1878 half eagle from Carson City. It is a tough coin to find in properly graded AU55, and it is rare in AU58. Uncirculated 1881-CC half eagles are very rare with seven graded as such by PCGS; this includes four in MS61, one each in MS62 and MS63, as well as a listing for an MS65 which I believe is a data entry error.
This lightly worn example shows a good deal of remaining luster, and were it not for some scattered light marks on the obverse, it would be a candidate to upgrade to AU58.
No PCGS/CAC AU55 1881-CC half eagles have been sold at auction since 2021 when two were available to Carson City half eagle collectors; they realized $14,688 (12/2021) and $13,000 (6/2021). In April 2022, Stack’s Bowers sold a non-CAC PCGS AU55 for $18,000.
CAC has approved eight in this grade with nine finer.
Ex Heritage 2014 FUN: 6751 ($8,225).
