1893-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle. AU-55+ (PCGS). CAC. A supremely attractive Choice AU survivor of this historic CC-Mint gold issue. Beautiful deep honey color mingles with delicate pinkish-rose highlights, the appearance attractive and fully original. Traces of semi-reflectivity remain in the fields of this suitably lustrous, otherwise satiny example. Sharply defined overall with tremendous appeal.<p>The Carson City Mints final double eagle issue has a mintage of just 18,402 pieces. The institution had struggled against politics and other factors since its opening in 1870, but time had finally run out in 1893. Perhaps not coincidentally, the nearby Comstock Lode also largely dried up by 1893, the heady days of gold mining at the site rapidly coming to an end. With an above average rate of survival for a Carson City Mint double eagle, the 1893-CC is more obtainable in todays market than the mintage might suggest. This is fortunate for collectors, allowing many to acquire an example of a historic issue from one of the nations most romanticized and popularly collected coinage facilities. The offered specimen is difficult to improve upon in a circulated survivor, and is sure to sell for a strong premium to an astute collector. PCGS# 9023. NGC ID: 26C9.
