BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-183A AU 55

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States CHICAGO, IL 1892-93
Design Description: WORLD'S COLUMIAN EXPO
Item Description: ALUMINUM SC$1 (1892-93) IL HK-183A GOV.BLD - MINES & MINING WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPO HK-183A THOMAS COLLECTION
Full Grade: NGC AU 55
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:

EXHIBITION PALACE DOLLARS

THIS IS ONE OF ONLY (4) OF THIS TYPE LISTED IN THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 8/2023. THIS TYPE IS LISTED AS RARITY R-7 IN JEFF SHEVLIN'S AND BILL HYDER'S NEW SO-CALLED DOLLAR BOOK (11-20 KNOWN).

THE ONLY SALE THAT I COULD FIND IN A MAJOR AUCTION WAS AN NGC GRADED MS 64 PL EXAMPLE THAT WAS SOLD BY HERITAGE AUCTIONS IN 2023 FOR $432.00. THIS EXAMPLE IS CURRENTLY THE TOP POP OF THE TYPE.

AT THE TIME THAT I HAD NGC GRADE THIS MEDAL, IT WAS THE ONLY ONE OF IT'S TYPE LISTED IN THE CENSUS IN 2014.

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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