1873-CC Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Arrows. WB-4. Rarity-4. Small CC. MS-64+ (PCGS). CAC. CMQ.This is a warmly patinated, richly original example of a popular Carson City Mint issue. The surfaces are dressed in dominant pearl gray toning with blushes of pale gold and russet here and there around the peripheries. Fully struck with billowy mint luster.<p>Records from the Carson City Mint detail that 214,560 half dollars of the Arrows type were struck in 1873, some with a small CC mintmark, as here, others with a larger font CC mintmark. Most of these coins were worn out and eventually lost in circulation, while others were later melted. Indeed, only a tiny fraction of the mintage survives in Mint State (Rusty Goe, 2020, says just 18 to 23 coins), and this is one of the finest certified, as PCGS and CAC population data makes clear. Great demand comes to the fore with all the interest in Carson City Mint coins and we expect this handsome half dollar to sail away briskly when it crosses the auction block.PCGS# 6344. NGC ID: 24L8.PCGS Population: 4; 2 finer (MS-66 finest).<p>CAC Stickered Population: 3; 1. The former total includes coins certified both MS-64 and MS-64+.From our Spring 2024 Auction, April, lot 4130.
