1876-CC DIME
PCGS No: 4680, 4789
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 8,270,000
Proofs: 2
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball
Hughes, James Barton Longacre, and William Barber; Reverse by James Barton
Longacre
Diameter: ±17.9 millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - ±90%
Copper - ±10%
Weight: ±39 grains (±2.5 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "CC"
(for Carson City) below the ribbon bow on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-67's.
The finest Proof Branch
Mint example graded by PCGS is a single PRBM-65.
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7,
2000, Lot 7256, not illustrated, sold for $1,437.50
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 605
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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