Ck this out new die variety? http://www.coinnews.net/2011/02/07/...hed-1892-cc-10-gold-eagle-triple-die-variety/
You note they say no other varieties for known for the 1892-CC eagle. With a mintage of only 40,000 coins this might be the only die used and they may all be from this die. They now need to take another look at some other 1892-CC eagles to see if they are from this reverse or a different one. They also need to check some 1893-CC eagles to see if the reverse die carried over to the following year. With just 40,000 coined in 1892 there is a fair chance the die was not worn out and may have been used again. With a much higher mintage it would be more difficult but the 1891=CC's need to be watched for this die as well. Reverse dies, not being dated, were often held over from one year to the next if they weren't worn out.
Here is the announcement that NGC posted on their Home page. http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=1986&Carson-City-Variety Chris
Chris, looking at the photos, I would easily overlook it as a TDR. It looks like MD to me. Oh well, I couldn't afford to have one around Jim
40k Minted But I know this is a low mintage coin. http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?NewsletterNewsArticleID=1078 but how could this Be missed? a 5yr old could see that. *But now it found* Ngc Pcgs and Anacs
What's worse is that apparently I am correct and ALL of the 1892-CC eagles are struck from this tripled die. If there is a different die it must be the rarer of the two. My search was not exhastive but I checked the Heritage archives and they have sold the 1892-CC 141 times. I checked the first eleven listing and all of them have that same tripled die reverse. So it isn't so much they discovered a new variety as they recognized what the one existing variety really was. I looked at the 1893-CC's but they are from a different reverse die. Haven't looked at the 1891-CC's yet to see if it might have been used then but that will have to be a longer search because with its larger mintage it cold have easily come from multiple dies.
PCGS Cert 1892-CC "QDR" I just received my 1892-CC that I submitted to PCGS for Secure slab for TDR. I have had this coin for several years in a PCGS holder with no variety designation. It came back as "Minor Variety" QDR. :rollling: I was quite surprised, as the reverse on mine appears to be the same as on the TDRs that I have seen photos of. Comments?
Well they may have called it a minor variety because as I said it appears that ALL of them are from the same reverse die so there is no additional premiom. Why they called it a QDR I don't know unless they think the die is quadrupled and not tripled.
