An
Analysis of Carson City Eagles Through Recent Major Auction Results
03/05-2007 - By Doug Winter
Last
month we looked at how the sale of the Old West and the Morgan collections of
Carson City gold coinage impacted the market for half eagles from this mint.
This month, we’ll look at the results as they apply to Carson City eagles.
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| 1870-CC $10 - ANR Old West
Collection |
If
you are a collector of Carson City gold, 2006 and early 2007 have been
important (and expensive!) times for your set.
Just a few refreshers
before we get right into the number crunching. The Old West collection was sold
at auction by ANR in August 2006. It contained a nearly complete set of CC half
eagles and a complete set of eagles. I sold all the eagles to this collector in
the 2004-2005 time period and I had previously handled many of them from
1995-2000 when they comprised the Orange County collection.
The Morgan
collection was sold by Stack’s in January 2007. It was a complete set of
CC half eagles and eagles and all had been purchased from me between 1990 and
1995. All of the coins were in older PCGS and NGC holders and many were good
upgrade candidates based on today’s more liberal standards.
