1884-CC Morgan Silver Dollar w.Box

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This coin is a rare 1884 CC (Carson City) minted .900Silver Morgan coin.The coin is set into a hard plastic container and display box with certificate and the words from Richard Nixon written above this uncirculated coin.These true heirlooms were issued a century ago from an historic U.S. Mint no longer in existence weighing 26grams and measuring 38mm in diameter and were made from Silver on the Comstock Lode.In the year 1884 there were 1136000 struck from the Carson City mint and no known proofs.In 1972 Richard Nixon released these precious coins to collectors of our nation from a treasury vault.The Morgan Silver Dollar now one of the most popular coins for U.S. collectors was first minted in 1878 when silver mine owners lobbied the government to re-issue silver dollars - the mintage of which had been halted in 1873.To comply with the Bland-Allison Act the U.S. Mint engaged a young designer George T. Morgan to design and engrave a new silver dollar. George Morgan in turn asked Anna W. Williams a school teacher to sit as a model for the Liberty Head on the obverse side of the Morgan Dollar.