1891-CC Eagle (1891-CC $10) NGC AU55. The Mint Act of 1792, passed by the United States Congress on April 2, 1792 , established the United States Mint as well as regulated the coinage of the new and emerging country. The Mint Act of 1792 established the dollar as the unit of money and declared it legal tender as well as establishing a decimal system for U.S currency. Under the Act, the largest gold coin to date was authorized, the $10 gold Eagle.

The 1891-CC Liberty Head $10 Gold piece was designed by Christian Gobrecht and the obverse features a neoclassic head of Liberty adorned with a coronet inscribed LIBERTY. Thirteen stars surround the bust, with the date below. The reverse depicts an eagle holding arrows and an olive branch, encircled by the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and TEN D. Chief Engraver James Barton Longacre placed the new motto on a scroll over the eagle's head.

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.

The 1891-CC that is being offered sale features blazing gold surfaces with a few slight marks. Both the obverse and reverse are fully struck with extremely well defined devices. A truly beautiful coin with a history to go with it!