1871-CC LIBERTY HEAD $10 AU53

WELL STRUCK WITH SURFACES STILL SHOWING LUSTER. LESS THAN 100 BELIEVED TO EXIST TODAY IN ALL GRADES. JUST A DOZEN COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. This year represents only the second during which the Carson City Mint struck Ten-Dollar gold pieces. The original mintage of the '71-CC is only 8,085 pieces, and it is unlikely that more than 90-100 coins have survived. When offered at all, this issue is apt to grade Fine or VF, and even EF representatives are scarce. In AU, the 1871-CC is nothing short of rare, and Mint State coins are believed to number only one or two pieces. In terms of both absolute and condition rarity, the 1871-CC ranks ninth out of the 19 Carson City Mint deliveries in the Liberty Eagle series. It is more challenging to locate than 1874-CC, 1881-CC, 1882-CC, 1883-CC and 1884-CC.