BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-252 MS 62 PL

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States CALIFORNIA 1894
Design Description: CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPO
Item Description: ALUMINUM SC$1 1894 CA HK-252 MECHANICS ART BUILDING CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPO HK-252 CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER EXPO
Full Grade: NGC MS 62 PL
Owner: Bruce Thomas Collection

Set Details

Custom Sets: BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for So-Called Dollars - Hibler & Kappen

Owner Comments:

MECHANICS ART BUILDING DOLLAR.

ONLY (1) MS 63 AND (1) MS 63 PL FINER OVERALL PER NGC CENSUS AS OF 8/2023. THERE ARE ONLY A TOTAL OF (23) OF THIS TYPE GRADED OVERALL BY NGC TO DATE.

A PCGS GRADED MS 61 EXAMPLE WAS SOLD BY HERITAGE AUCTIONS FOR $144.00.

For many years aluminum was more valuable than gold. Several processes developed in the 1850s lowered its price, but when the pyramidal aluminum cap of the Washington Monument was produced in 1884, the cost of aluminum was still about $1 per ounce, similar to the cost of silver.

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