 1873'CC' Arrows. Extremely Fine, but lightly cleaned generations ago. There are some minor surface toning spots on the obverse, and the coin is generally light silver-gray. Traces of lustre reside in the protected areas. The strike is generally sharp for this elusive issue, with bold definition on Liberty and all the woven ingredients of the wreath. Examination will discover a few minor surface hairlines and a couple of diagnostic die cracks, one crossing through the mintmark, and another from the top left of the wreath to the rim above. Curiously this reverse die was used to coin all Dimes from the Carson City Mint from 1871 through 1874, and the die crack through the mintmark developed late in 1871. While not a glowing beauty from an artistic standpoint, this is a rare coin indeed which any collector would be proud to own and few examples exist that would exceed its technical grade.
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