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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3165559, member: 19165&quot;]As Conder mentioned, there are two different reverse varieties for this date. The variety 1-B is apparently rarer, and appears to match what you have posted. Here is one in the Heritage archives, and the mintmarks appear to match the OP coin. <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/liberty-half-eagles/half-eagles/1871-cc-5-au55-ngc-cac-variety-1-b/a/1212-3783.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/liberty-half-eagles/half-eagles/1871-cc-5-au55-ngc-cac-variety-1-b/a/1212-3783.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/liberty-half-eagles/half-eagles/1871-cc-5-au55-ngc-cac-variety-1-b/a/1212-3783.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see anything immediately alarming about the OP&#039;s coin, but this is a very rare coin and worth a lot of money. I really have to wonder why it has not been authenticated, if it is genuine. A few estimates seem to indicate that there are only about 150-200 examples of 1871 CC $5 in existence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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