1874-CC DIME
PCGS No: 4669
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 10,817
Proofs: 0
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, executed by Christian Gobrecht, modified by Robert Ball
Hughes and James Barton Longacre, Arrows added by 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, NV) below the ribbon bow on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
Recent appearances:
SEGS AU-50, heavily
corroded (illustrated above). Ex - Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach
Sale", October 1-3, 2000, Lot 3061
EF-40. Ex - Superior Galleries "The ANA 2001 National Money Show
Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 183, unsold
Fine-15 Damaged Whizzed. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"October 2000 Long Beach Sale", October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6743, not
illustrated, sold for $3335.00
AG-3 Corroded. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000
Long Beach Sale", October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6742, not illustrated, sold for
$1207.50
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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