Very Unusual 1875-CC Seated Twenty Cent For Grading

i cant argue its not a weak strike. on the obverse it looks like the lower half of the coin below her waist is different than the upper half in the way of wear/strike. rims are sharp and reverse is lettering looks pretty crisp. would a TPG grade this AU? I doubt it. I'm not even sure they would grade it XF.

reverse photo is out of focus but jimbucks may be right with the MM. doesn't look right. without a better reverse photo...passeroo.

Interesting thought. Either way not a fan.

Brunner and Frost would disagree about the strike quality of 1875-CC coins. There were two reverse dies that buckled and completely collapsed during striking the 1875-CC. (This isn't one of those reverse dies, however.) The weak areas on this coin match the weak areas on the weaker strikes.

What's the diameter of this coin? Two collars were used on the 1875-CC, and the resulting coins can be either 21.8 mm or 22.1 mm.

Even with the fuzzy pics, this appears to be a date right obverse 2 die, which was only used with the 21.8 mm collar.

There was only one mint mark punch used by Carson City during the series. The only variation is placement of the mm. The second "C" looks high in relation to the leaf and arrow. If I am guessing correctly from the fuzzy pics, this would make it Reverse die B.

An obverse 2 reverse B match is BF-3, which is a fairly scarce, but not rare, die marriage.

All that aside, I'm not able to tell from the pics whether this coin has been cleaned. The luster looks original, especially around the legends. The obverse has quite a few contact marks.

Given the weak strike and abundant original luster, this may actually be in the EF-AU range. Anything over VF is very hard to find for an 1875-CC, even though it is a relatively common date.

Without better pics and an accurate diameter, this is the best guesswork I can offer.

EDIT: I meant to say High EF-AU range.