POPULATION CAC APPROVED: 131, 118 BETTER.
- DESIGNER:
- James Barton Longacre
- DIAMETER:
- 34.00 millimeters
- METAL:
- 90% Gold, 10% Copper
- the 1876-S is higher priced than many of the rarer later issues because it is a Type II and thus is in greater demand as a type coin. For example, the 1876-S is not as rare in Unc. as the 1877-S through 1882-S San Francisco Mint issues and yet an uncirculated 1876-S would probably bring more than a mint state example of the others.
- 1906, San Francisco had grown to become a big and important commercial center and a fascinating city with much cultural diversity and a population that exceeded 500,000. The fires that burned out of control for three days destroyed much of the city and it is believed that nearly 300,000 people were left homeless. With much of the city in rubble or burned, there was one building that was miraculously left standing and remains today as an historic National Landmark: That building was the United States Mint in San Francisco, or what has affectionately become known as the ”Old Granite Lady.”
KNOWING THE GRADE ISN’T ALWAYS ENOUGH!
SETTING THE STANDARD FOR QUALITY.
A LITTLE STICKER MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
Within each number of the coin grading scale is a small range of condition from low-end to high-end. Certified coins of the same grade can be of varying quality. Many of today’s collectors want coins that are solid or premium quality for their assigned grade. **CAC holds coins to a higher standard so you can be confident in the value of yours. We verify previously graded coins … and award our sticker only to those coins that meet the standard for today’s selective buyer.