1876-CC Trade Dollar. Type I/I. FS-801. Doubled Die Reverse. AU-50 (PCGS).A boldly to sharply defined example of this popular, yet challenging variety in the trade dollar series. Lightly toned in iridescent champagne-pink that appears to drift toward the peripheries. The reverse die of this variety shows particularly strong doubling to the eagles left wing tip, the olive branch, and the letters in the Latin motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. In the <em>Cherrypickers Guide</em>, Fivaz and Stanton write that many believe this to be "the strongest reverse doubled die in the series...one of the highlights of the trade dollar varieties and is thought to be extremely rare in grades above AU."From the E. Horatio Morgan Collection.
