1875 20C
1875-S 20C

1875-CC 20C (Regular Strike)

Series: Liberty Seated Twenty Cents 1875-1876

PCGS MS66+

PCGS MS66+

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PCGS MS66

PCGS MS66

PCGS MS66

PCGS MS66

PCGS #:
5297
Designer:
William Barber
Edge:
Plain
Diameter:
22.00 millimeters
Weight:
5.00 grams
Mintage:
133,290
Mint:
Carson City
Metal:
90% Silver, 10% Copper
Auction Record:
$84,000 • MS66 • 11-14-2021 • Heritage Auctions
Major Varieties
  • 1875-CC 20C

Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More

Grades Survival
Estimate 		Numismatic
Rarity 		Relative Rarity
By Type 		Relative Rarity
By Series
All Grades 6,500 R-3.7 4 / 5 4 / 5
60 or Better 750 R-5.5 4 / 5 4 / 5
65 or Better 60 R-8.4 3 / 5 3 / 5
Survival Estimate
All Grades 6,500
60 or Better 750
65 or Better 60
Numismatic Rarity
All Grades R-3.7
60 or Better R-5.5
65 or Better R-8.4
Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type
All Grades 4 / 5
60 or Better 4 / 5
65 or Better 3 / 5
Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series
All Grades 4 / 5
60 or Better 4 / 5
65 or Better 3 / 5

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos Grade Image Pedigree and History
1 PCGS MS66+

Heritage Auctions, April 23, 2015, Lot 5008 – $51,700; “The Bender Family Collection, Part I,” Heritage Auctions, August 24, 2022, Lot 3549 – $84,000. BF-2 (per Heritage Auctions). Green, blue, and red toning along rims.
2 PCGS MS66

“The Stephenville Collection,” Heritage Auctions, May 3, 2023, Lot 3078 – $52,800. BF-2 (per Heritage Auctions). Satiny brilliant centers with blue-green, gold, and russet toning appears along the periphery.
2 PCGS MS66

Colonel E.H.R. Green; unknown intermediaries. As PCGS MS66 #21070657. Rusty Goe to Eugene Gardner, May 2003; “The Eugene H. Gardner Collection," Heritage Auctions, June 2014, Lot 30338 – $49.937.50; “The Prestwick Collection,” Heritage Auctions, November 11, 2021, Lot 3541 – $84,000. As PCGS MS66 #44926737. Aquamarine, green, and aubergine toning on both sides. A small cluster of toning spots located to the left of Liberty's right arm serve as a pedigree marker.
2 PCGS MS66

As PCGS MS65 CAC #5112342. Legend Rare Coin Auctions, January 25, 2018, Lot 142 – $17,037.50. As PCGS MS66 #35448117. Legend Rare Coin Auctions, September 27, 2018, Lot 440 – $29,375. As PCGS MS66 #36606871. Goldenrod, green, and rose toning. Zigzagging light toning streak to the right of star two serves as a pediree marker.
2 Est. MS66

B. Max Mehl; unknown intermediaries; Heritage Auctions, April 30, 2009, Lot 2296 – $80,500; Rusty Goe. As NGC MS67* #3169085-001 “The Battle Born Collection,” Stack’s Bowers, August 7, 2012, Lot 11100 – $64,625; Heritage Auctions, April 27, 2017, Lot 4028 – $52,875. BF-4 (per Heritage Auctions). Vivid target toning on the obverse and reverse.
2 PCGS MS66

Stack’s Bowers, March 2015, Lot 6043 – $25,850; Stack’s Bowers, May 31, 2015, Lot 20325 – Passed; Heritage Auctions, August 12, 2015, Lot 4007 – $32,312.50. BF-4 (per multiple sources). Dappled toning in port and gold along the periphery. 
2 PCGS MS66

As PCGS MS66 #6570410. Heritage Auctions, July 31, 2008, Lot 1624 – $63,250; “The Joseph C. Thomas Collection, Part Two,” Heritage Auctions, April 2009, Lot 2295 – $40,250; Heritage Auctions, August 12, 2011, Lot 7094 – $48,875; “The Jim O’Neal Collection of U.S. Type, Part One,” Heritage Auctions, April 24, 2014, Lot 5576 – $47,000. As PCGS MS66 #45904002. Golden toning throughout with darker toning at the rims. Three small ticks to the left of star 12. Thin streak of untoned surface between stars 8 and 9. 
2 PCGS MS66

Heritage Auctions, January 9, 2014, Lot 5206 – $48,468.75. Brilliant.
2 PCGS MS66
2 PCGS MS66
2 PCGS MS66
2 PCGS MS66
#1 PCGS MS66+

Heritage Auctions, April 23, 2015, Lot 5008 – $51,700; “The Bender Family Collection, Part I,” Heritage Auctions, August 24, 2022, Lot 3549 – $84,000. BF-2 (per Heritage Auctions). Green, blue, and red toning along rims.
#2 PCGS MS66

“The Stephenville Collection,” Heritage Auctions, May 3, 2023, Lot 3078 – $52,800. BF-2 (per Heritage Auctions). Satiny brilliant centers with blue-green, gold, and russet toning appears along the periphery.
#2 PCGS MS66

Colonel E.H.R. Green; unknown intermediaries. As PCGS MS66 #21070657. Rusty Goe to Eugene Gardner, May 2003; “The Eugene H. Gardner Collection," Heritage Auctions, June 2014, Lot 30338 – $49.937.50; “The Prestwick Collection,” Heritage Auctions, November 11, 2021, Lot 3541 – $84,000. As PCGS MS66 #44926737. Aquamarine, green, and aubergine toning on both sides. A small cluster of toning spots located to the left of Liberty's right arm serve as a pedigree marker.
#2 PCGS MS66

As PCGS MS65 CAC #5112342. Legend Rare Coin Auctions, January 25, 2018, Lot 142 – $17,037.50. As PCGS MS66 #35448117. Legend Rare Coin Auctions, September 27, 2018, Lot 440 – $29,375. As PCGS MS66 #36606871. Goldenrod, green, and rose toning. Zigzagging light toning streak to the right of star two serves as a pediree marker.
#2 Est. MS66

B. Max Mehl; unknown intermediaries; Heritage Auctions, April 30, 2009, Lot 2296 – $80,500; Rusty Goe. As NGC MS67* #3169085-001 “The Battle Born Collection,” Stack’s Bowers, August 7, 2012, Lot 11100 – $64,625; Heritage Auctions, April 27, 2017, Lot 4028 – $52,875. BF-4 (per Heritage Auctions). Vivid target toning on the obverse and reverse.
#2 PCGS MS66

Stack’s Bowers, March 2015, Lot 6043 – $25,850; Stack’s Bowers, May 31, 2015, Lot 20325 – Passed; Heritage Auctions, August 12, 2015, Lot 4007 – $32,312.50. BF-4 (per multiple sources). Dappled toning in port and gold along the periphery. 
#2 PCGS MS66

As PCGS MS66 #6570410. Heritage Auctions, July 31, 2008, Lot 1624 – $63,250; “The Joseph C. Thomas Collection, Part Two,” Heritage Auctions, April 2009, Lot 2295 – $40,250; Heritage Auctions, August 12, 2011, Lot 7094 – $48,875; “The Jim O’Neal Collection of U.S. Type, Part One,” Heritage Auctions, April 24, 2014, Lot 5576 – $47,000. As PCGS MS66 #45904002. Golden toning throughout with darker toning at the rims. Three small ticks to the left of star 12. Thin streak of untoned surface between stars 8 and 9. 
#2 PCGS MS66

Heritage Auctions, January 9, 2014, Lot 5206 – $48,468.75. Brilliant.
#2 PCGS MS66
#2 PCGS MS66
#2 PCGS MS66
#2 PCGS MS66
Charles Morgan:

The 1875-CC Twenty-Cent Piece

Production of the twenty-cent denomination commenced with a striking ceremony at the Carson City Mint on June 1, 1875. In attendance was Nevada Senator John Percival Jones, the primary advocate for the legislation that added the “double dime” to an already crowded roster of subsidiary coins. Jones believed the denomination would better serve the Western states, where minor coins like the cent and nickel—not yet produced at branch mints—were in short supply.

During the coin's inaugural month in Carson City, outgoing coiner W. Hy Doane struck 3,290 pieces; his successor, Levi Dague, struck the remaining 130,000. In total, five die marriages were utilized for the issue. Despite being the brainchild of a Nevada senator, the San Francisco Mint struck the vast majority of twenty-cent pieces in 1875 to serve a wider geographic area, leaving Carson City a distant second and the Philadelphia Mint trailing far behind.

1875-CC Twenty-Cent Piece: The Only "Collectible" CC-Mint Issue

Despite having a significantly higher mintage than the Philadelphia strike, the 1875-CC Twenty-Cent Piece (#5297) commands the highest numismatic premium for the date. As the only collectible Carson City issue in the short-lived series—the 1876-CC Twent-Cent Piece (#5300) being an extreme rarity—it carries a substantial "CC" mintmark premium that far exceeds the price of the lower-mintage 1875 Philadelphia issue. High-grade examples of the 1875-CC are scarce but obtainable for the dedicated specialist. The PCGS CoinFacts Condition Census for the top ten specimens consists entirely of coins graded MS66, with the finest known example reaching MS66+.

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