Half Eagle Values

Part of it is definitely the "people think CCs are cool" factor. The bigger part imho, is that overall Carson City $5 half eagles are a LOT more rare then say Philly or Denver for the entire series....even though in some particular years CC may have a higher mintage. A complete date/mm set is practically impossible for the $5 lib, so many folks put together $5 lib half eagle sets by purchasing one half eagle for each mintmark (irregardless of date). From the perspective of the mintmark only, the CC would be one of the keys, along with the charlotte and dahlonega.