1873-CC 10C Liberty Seated Dime, Arrows At Date PCGS XF45 (CAC)

High Grade for this Issue!

Here is an extremely rare opportunity to acquire one of the key dates of the Seated Liberty dime series. The typical surviving 1873-CC Arrows dime displays granularity, however the present coin has pleasing surfaces. Its mintage was 18,791. PCGS has graded 5 as XF45 with just 5 finer. In CAC, there is one in XF45 and only 2 finer.

Writes Heritage Auctions in the January 2010 listing for this coin: “The Choice XF example in this lot displays light gray fields that highlight silvery devices that are nicely defined. Both sides are remarkably smooth and clean, a refreshing change from what is typically found on surviving examples that usually have porous surfaces, or other problems. The collector putting together a set of Seated dimes should give this Choice coin serious consideration, as a comparable piece may not come along for some time.”

Original sketch of Gobrecht’s Seated Liberty design. Image: Wikipedia Commons.