Carson City Gold $5 Basic Set, Circulation Strikes (1870-1893)

Number of
Required Items
19
Current Finest
Possible Set Rating
63.917
The Carson City mint holds a special place in the hearts and minds of U.S. numismatists, conjuring up (largely accurate) images of a small "wild west" town where gold and silver were king. In operation from 1870 through 1893, mintages were generally quite modest with only the later (1890 and after) issues being struck in decent quantity. The opening year of 1870 is clearly the key to this fairly short set with fewer than 100 pieces extant, nearly all of which are well-circulated.

All-Time Finest (All Eras)

Rank Set Name % Complete GPA Weighted GPA with Top
Pop Bonuses
Set Rating User
1 Tom Bender 2019 2020 2021 2022 100.00% 59.86 R 60.41 60.41
2 D. L. Hansen Carson City $5 Gold (1870-1893) 2023 2024 100.00% 59.45 59.80 59.80
DLH
3 Harry W. Bass 100.00% 57.10 R 57.33 57.33
4 The Pentamint Collection 100.00% 56.53 56.53 56.53
5 pplath 2014 2016 2017 2018 100.00% 53.52 53.52 53.52

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Current Finest

Rank Set Name % Complete GPA Weighted GPA with Top
Pop Bonuses
Set Rating User
1 D. L. Hansen Carson City $5 Gold (1870-1893) 2023 2024 100.00% 59.45 59.80 59.80
DLH
2 The Pentamint Collection 100.00% 56.53 56.53 56.53
3 pplath 2014 2016 2017 2018 100.00% 53.52 53.52 53.52
4 Utopia Collection Complete Set Carson City $5 100.00% 48.23 48.23 48.23
5 The Drummer Collection "CC" $5 2013 100.00% 31.33 31.33 31.33
6 kmbergene 100.00% 26.83 26.83 26.83
7 tmitchell 89.47% 32.43 32.43 26.48
8 Laughing Horse 57.89% 49.52 49.52 23.11
9 jkharber 68.42% 23.80 23.80 18.25
10 Gold Lover 42.11% 58.14 58.14 17.44
11 huntgo 42.11% 40.45 40.45 13.48
12 Red Rose 52.63% 13.26 13.26 08.40
13 Carson Street Gold Fives 31.58% 21.09 21.09 05.63
14 Harvey's CC Liberty $5 26.32% 43.71 43.71 05.10
15 MADELINE 10.53% 51.67 51.67 02.58
16 The Three Rivers Collection 10.53% 19.17 19.17 01.92
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17 CCcollection 26.32% 2.38 2.38 00.63