1871-CC $5 Gold PCGS VF-25 Var. Winter 1-B

In the last issue of Curry's Chronicle there was an article by John W. McCloskey (RM-0188) entitled "A RARITY STUDY FOR 1871-CC HALF EAGLES". In the article he meticulously describes the known die varieties of this date. Please refer to his article for the descriptions. There are about 140 to 175 known survivors* in all grades and aproximately 70% of these are Var. 1-A.** Much rarer are the varieties 1-B & 1-C. They each represent about 15% of the surving total. Thanks to John's enlightening article, I have made the wonderful discovery that I have one of the rare 1871-CC $5 die varieties in my collection; in this case a Var. 1-B (again, only 15% of this date's total survivors are of this variety). My coin is a PCGS VF-25 in an old green holder, and I thought I would give everyone a view. My "hats off" to John McCloskey for the great article. It would be nice to see future "Curry's" articles on the die varieties of these low survivor population coins.

*Survivor figures from "Mint on Carson Street" - Rusty Goe **Varieties 1-A & 1-B attributed to Doug Winter & Lawrence Cutler