Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States - A Complete Encyclopedia
Q. David Bowers
1871-CC Liberty Seated: Market Value
1871-CC Liberty Seated: Summary of Characteristics
Business Strikes:
Enabling legislation: Act of January 18, 1837 (weight and fineness); Act of March 3, 1865 (motto)
Designer of obverse: Robert Ball Hughes (after Gobrecht)
Designer of reverse: J.B. Longacre (after Hughes and Reich)
Weight and composition: 412.5 grains; .900 silver, .100 copper
Melt-down (silver value) in year minted: $1.025
Dies prepared: Obverse: 1; Reverse: 1 (left over from 1870)(CC dollars and is Reverse B of that year.)
Business strike mintage: 1,376, all in August 1871
Estimated quantity melted: Unknown
Approximate population MS-65 or better: 0 or 1 (URS-0)
Approximate population MS-64: 0 or 1 (URS-0)
Approximate population MS-63: 1 or 2 (URS-1)
Approximate population MS-60 to 62: 1 or 2 (URS-1)
Approximate population VF-20 to AU-58: 60 to 100 (URS-7)
Approximate population AG-3 to F-15: 15 to 25 (URS-5)
Characteristics of striking: Usually sharp; some with lightness at stars 12 and 13. As is the case with other CC Mint Liberty Seated dollars, the word LIBERTY on the shield is not as prominent as on Philadelphia coins, and it tended to wear away especially quickly once the coins saw circulation.
Known hoards of Mint State coins: None
Proofs:
None
Commentary
This is the lowest mintage Carson City Mint Liberty Seated dollar (but not the rarest today; that distinction goes to 1873-CC).