1875-CC Eagle (1875-CC $10) NGC XF45. The 1875-CC $10 Eagle is considered one of the keys of the series in any and all grades due to the fact that depositors of gold at the time requested Double Eagles from the bank, rather than the smaller denomination gold pieces being minted at the time. Because of this, the $10 Eagle was produced in much lower quantities. With only 7,715 examples of the 1875-CC Eagle minted, these coins were under produced, yet highly uncollected. $10 gold Eagles had tremendous amounts of purchasing power, keeping the coin out of the hands of the average person. Not even the Mint Cabinet desired branch issues to be struck.

These coins remained scarcely collected until Executive Order 6102 was signed on April 5, 1933 by President Roosevelt, "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens. Collectors from all over rushed to put together sets of the series but by this time, most early dated Carson City examples were well worn. The story of the Carson City minted Eagles starts in 1859 when Patrick McLaughlin and Peter ORiley discovered a vast silver deposit on land owned by Henry Tompkins Paige Comstock. As millions of ounces of silver began to be pulled from the newly named Comstock Lode, many began lobbying for the construction of new minting facilities to process the vast amount of precious metals being excavated from the ground.

The location that was chosen was Carson City, Nevada. The Carson City mint was under utilized as many miners shipped their gold and silver to the San Francisco mint. This odd occurrence was only made worse by a man named Abe Curry, the first superintendent of the Mint. Curry had more enemies than friends and many vowed not to send their metals to a facility run by Curry and instead continued to send their gold and silver to the San Francisco mint. When Curry resigned, Carson City mintages only continued to decline and today, many of the lowest minted coins came out of the Carson City mint.

Graded XF-45 by NGC, this wonderful example features sharp devices on smooth gleaming surfaces. Designed by Christian Gobrecht, the obverse features the Coronet portrait of Liberty while the reverse features the Heraldic Eagle. A rare coin chock full of history, this example would make the perfect center piece in any collection.