A new record price was established for an 1876-CC twenty-cent piece at the Stack's 72nd Anniversary Sale held in New York on Wedsnesday, October 17, 2007. The price realized for this coin, graded MS-64 by PCGS, was $350,750. The bidding opened at $220,000 and immediately a flurry of hands went up. At the end, two bidders battled back and forth until one of them dropped out at the $300,000 level. The winning bid was $305,000 plus the fifteen percent buyer's fee of $45,750.
Prior to this record-setting event, the most recent sales of 1876-CC twenty-centers were of MS-66 specimens, with prices realized in the $250,000 range.
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Oh how I wish that were mine! But..since it is not...I at least hope a C4OA member got that beauty!
What a coin!
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