1878-CC DOUBLE EAGLE
OR $20 GOLD
PCGS No: 8986
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 13,180
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 examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-62's.
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex - David Akers' session
of Auction '90, Lot 1965 - Henry S. Lang collection - Bowers and Merena Galleries
"The Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 653, illustrated, sold
for $12,650.00
ANACS AU-50. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May
21, 2001, Lot 335, not illustrated, sold for $2,185.00
ANACS Net EF-45, AU Details,
Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 9232, not
plated, unsold
VF-35. Ex
- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature
Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5712, not illustrated, sold for $977.50
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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