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Brilliant in the central areas, with just a hint of gray-gold at the rims. A tad of
softness is noted at the high points of Liberty's hair and at stars 8 through 13, but most
of the other design features are sharp for the grade including nearly all of the eagle's
feather and claw details. The mintage for the 1870-CC was a mere 11,758 pieces, a low
figure by any standard. The desirability of the issue is further enhanced by the fact that
each of the four Liberty Seated dollar issues struck at the Carson City Mint is elusive,
making the type especially desirable with Carson City Mint specialists; the highest
mintage subsequent to 1870 was a paltry 3,150 dollars struck in 1872.The Carson City Mint
established operations in 1870 where it coined silver and gold coins exclusively.
Denominations produced included dimes, 20-cent pieces, quarters, half dollars, Liberty
Seated and Morgan silver dollars, trade dollars, half eagles, eagles, and double eagles.
Presumably there wasn't much demand for quarter eagles locally as these weren't minted at
the Carson City facility. The coinage of dimes, quarters, and half dollars was
discontinued after 1878. The CC-Mint suspended coinage operations in 1893, but continued
to function in subsequent years as an Assay Office serving mining interests in the
region.
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