1892-CC $5 Liberty Head Half Eagle PCGS AU50 (CAC)

Here’s a more affordable Carson City Mint example to add to your collection.

Ron Guth writes in PCGS Coinfacts, “The 1892-CC is one of the most common CC-Mint Half Eagles, and it is far less common than the 1891-CC. Less than twenty percent of the examples certified by PCGS are Mint State, and most of those are either MS62 or MS63.” PCGS has graded 80 examples as AU50 with 628 finer. In CAC, there are 19 in AU50 with 161 finer. CAC gives this issue a price of $2,620.00 in AU50.

James B. Longacre, the designer-engraver who crafted the Liberty head for U.S. gold coinage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Here’s an exciting collecting option to consider. The Liberty Head half eagles were the only US coins to be produced at every one of our mints. How about considering creating a type set of these $5 gold pieces? It would be fun and interesting to take the time to put together a set of Liberty Head half eagles by acquiring one each that was produced in Philadelphia, Charlotte, Dahlonega, New Orleans, San Francisco, Carson City, and Denver.

Imagine putting together that special set of seven gold coins from those seven historic US mints. Wouldn’t that be a rewarding achievement? And the perfect piece from the Carson City Mint is being offered by AUCM, waiting for you to claim as your own.