Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States - A Complete Encyclopedia
Q. David Bowers
1875-CC Trade Dollar: Market Values
1875-CC: Summary of Characteristics
Business Strikes:
Enabling legislation: Act of February 12, 1873
Designer: William Barber
Weight: 420 grains
Composition: .900 silver, .100 copper
Melt-down (silver value) in year minted: $0.9814 Dies prepared: Obverse: 18+; Reverse: 18+. 18 pairs were shipped November 12, 1874, probably others later.
Business strike mintage: 1,573,700. Delivery figures by month: January: 225,000; February: 87,000; March: none; April: 75,000; May: 278,000; June: 88,700; July: none; August: 35,000; September: 234,000; October: 256,000; November: 234,000; December: 61,000. If the total mintage required 18 die-pairs, this averages 87,427 per die-pair.
Approximate population MS-65 or better: 4 to 8 (URS-3). Most are Type I/I.
Approximate population MS-64: 5 to 10 (URS-4). Most are Type I/I
Approximate population MS-63: 75 to 125 (URS-8). Most are Type I/I.
Approximate population MS-60 to 62: 300 to 500 (URS-10). Most are Type I/I.
Approximate population VF-20 to AU-58: 4,000- 8,000. (URS-14) Nearly all are Type I/I.
Characteristics of striking: Usually seen well struck.
Known hoards of Mint State coins: A group of about 40 pieces was sold by World-Wide Coin Investments in the 1970s.
Rarity with original Chinese chopmark(s): Rev.
Type I. Somewhat scarce; Rev. Type II. Very rare. The second rarest (after 1878-CC) chopmarked trade dollar.
Proofs:
None
Commentary
The highest mintage, most available Carson City coin of this denomination. Exists in Type III and Type I/II styles.