1872-CC DOUBLE EAGLE
OR $20 GOLD
PCGS No: 8964
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 26,900
Proofs: 0
Designer: James
Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±34
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: ±516 grains
(±33.4 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "CC"
(for Carson City, Nevada) below the eagle's tail on the reverse
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Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-60.
Significant examples:
NGC MS-61. Ex - J.J.
Teaparty - Henry S. Lang collection - Bowers and Merena Galleries
"The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 646, illustrated, sold
for $26,450.00
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-58. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7451, illustrated, not sold From the Dr.
Barry Southerland Collection
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries - Henry S. Lang
collection - Bowers and Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale",
July 31, 2002, Lot 647, illustrated, sold for $5,290.00
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2544 at $1,840.00
ANACS Net EF-45, AU Details, scratched. Ex - Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May
31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9223, not plated, unsold
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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