1878-CC DIME
PCGS No: 4686
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 200,000
Proofs: 0
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, NV) below the ribbon bow on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-68.
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17,
2001, Lot 1524 Not sold
ANACS AU-58. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August
6-7, 2000, Lot 6946, not illustrated, sold for $603.75
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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