1876-CC HALF DOLLAR
PCGS No: 6353
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 1,956,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Obverse
by Thomas Sully, modified by Christian Gobrecht and Robert Ball Hughes,
executed by James Barton Longacre; Reverse of Type I by Christian Gobrecht,
Type 2 by William Barber
Diameter: ±30
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±193
grains (±12.5 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "CC"
(for Carson City, NV) below the eagle on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-65. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6251, illustrated, not sold
Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 466 at $661.25
MS-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 1326 Not Sold From the B. Max Mehl's sale
of the William Cutler Atwater Collection, June 1946, Lot 601
Varieties:
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 4 MS-66's.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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