1870-CC 25C Seated Liberty Silver Quarter PCGS XF40

A truly great rarity with its mintage of 8,340, the 1870-CC is considered the second rarest Liberty Seated quarter struck for circulation of the entire series. This piece was struck the first year the Carson City Mint produced coinage, making it a 'must have' for specialists of that famed mint of the Old West. PCGS has graded only 79 examples of this issue, with 7 carrying the graded of XF40 and just 6 finer. The finest graded PCGS specimen is AU55. This piece features an attractive patina on both sides.

The Carson City Mint, where this classic rarity was struck in 1870.

Ron Guth writes on PCGS Coinfacts that of the rarest Seated Liberty Quarter Dollars, "the 1870-CC ranks right near the top. Anyone interested in collecting coins from the Carson City Mint knows how difficult it is to locate an example of this date. Prices are high, even for low grade coins, and values escalate in the AU range. Only one Mint State example has been positively identified, that being the NGC MS64 Eliasberg example which sold for a record price of $187,000 back in 1997. To illustrate how rapidly values have increased for this date, in 2012 a PCGS AU55 example sold for $184,000 (which begs the question: What is the MS64 worth today?)."