BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-158 MS 62

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States CHICAGO, IL 1893
Design Description: DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
Item Description: ALUMINUM SC$1 1893 IL HK-158 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPO HK-158 BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION
Full Grade: NGC MS 62
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:

ALSO CATALOGUED AS EGLIT-17. Designed by Charles Reinsch. Struck by S. D. Childs & Co., Chicago.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF THIS MEDAL, WITH AND WITHOUT THE DESIGNER C. REINSCH MICROSCOPIC LETTERING BELOW THE BASE ON THE OBVERSE. THIS EXAMPLE DOES HAVE THE DESIGNER LETTERING.

AN NGC GRADED MS 64 EXAMPLE WAS SOLD BY HERITAGE AUCTIONS IN 2023 FOR $240.00.

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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