1891-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle. AU-55 (PCGS).With ample luster and bold to sharp definition, this endearing Choice AU is sure to have no difficulty finding its way into a specialized double eagle or Carson City Mint collection. Attractively original deep honey-gold patina blankets both sides. With a mere 5,000 pieces produced ($100,000 face value), the 1891-CC is the lowest mintage Carson City Mint double eagle of the 1889 to 1893 era. Circulation on the West Coast was immediate and extensive, although a couple of thousand of examples were probably exported after acquiring wear. Most of those coins were melted overseas, although a few hundred have been repatriated in recent decades, to the delight of collectors who would otherwise not be able to obtain an example of this key date Carson City Mint entry.From the Fairmont Collection.
