1876-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC.A lovely honey-gold example with a sharp strike and nearly full mint luster on both sides. The 1876-CC double eagle has a mintage of 138,411 pieces, more than 27,000 coins above the previous years total from the Carson City Mint. Face value for the issue was $2,768,220. Numerous examples of this issue were sent overseas in banking transactions, many of these coins included in repatriations of United States gold coins from foreign bank hoards. As one of the more readily obtainable Carson City Mint double eagles, the 1876-CC is popular with mintmarked type collectors as well as series specialists.From the Fairmont Collection.