1891-CC $5 MS(PCGS#8378)

Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

競売業者

Stack's Bowers

ロット番号

5332

グレード

MS63

価格

4,392

ロット詳細

A lovely example of both the type and the issue, the desirable CC mintmark enhances this coin's considerable appeal. Frosty golden-apricot surfaces are nicely preserved, fully worthy of the Select Mint State rating from PCGS. Sharply struck with eye appeal to spare. Due to financial setbacks, the demand for gold specie from European countries increased markedly in 1891, and the Carson City Mint stepped up gold coin production. The facility's output of half eagles reached its peak in 1891 at 208,000 pieces, and for the second year in a row, coinage of this denomination at the Carson City Mint outstripped that at the Philadelphia Mint. Many of these coins were exported, as intended. Repatriations from European vaults in recent decades have provided a windfall of Mint State examples. There are quite a few Select and Choice Uncirculated coins in MS-63 and MS-64 extant, but with its strong eye appeal, the specimen offered here is scarce from a market availability standpoint.