1874-CC

Hub Combo: Type 1/1

While the Carson City coins are generally well liked, this is not a particularly difficult date and is the second most common of the CC coins. All examples have obverse one and reverse one. These coins will likely trade at about a 30% discount to non-chopped examples.




Variety: Very Wide CC

For some reason, this reverse die was held back and used sparingly from 1873-1876 until it was retired, as all 1877-1878 coins utilized the type 2 reverse. The speculation is that the mint personnel were told to exhaust any remaining type 1 reverse dies which would explain the greater population of the 76 issue versus the other three. No one knows why this particular die was used across four years as no other die was used in more than two. The 74-CC is either the second or third rarest of the four, along with the 73-CC as the other of the second or third.