Carson City half eagles - complete set
1893-CC $5

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Rarity: 17 (tied with 1890) - Original Mintage: 60,000 - Known Survivors in all grades: 650-900. Variety: 1-A - The 1893-CC half eagle marks the final year of coin production at the Carson City mint. Nice examples are fairly plentiful and easy to obtain. The coin shown here is very similar in appearance to my 1891-CC $5; a frosty, lustrous yellow-gold with a bold strike, and loads of crisp detail. This issue is relatively common in all circulated grades and fairly easy to obtain in lower MS. It becomes scarce in MS-62, rare in MS-63 and very rare in any grades higher. Finest known: NGC MS-65(3). Important 1893 events: Grover Cleveland elected 24th U.S. president (2nd non-consecutive term) and again closes the CC mint, this time forever. Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago where the new amusement invention by Carson City son George W.G. Ferris debuts the Ferris wheel. (His inspiration was Cradlebaugh's water wheel on the Carson river). Rudolph Diesel patents his diesel engine. World's oldest known living person Edna Parker is born on March 20. PLEASE NOTE: OBVERSE & REVERSE SCRATCHES ON SLAB, NOT COIN.