BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-215 MS 61

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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 1893 IL HK-215 MICHIGAN FORESTRY EXHIBIT WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPO HK-215 WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPO
Full Grade: NGC MS 61
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:

STATE DOLLARS, MICHIGAN FORESTRY EXHIBIT. ALSO CATALOGUED AS EGLIT 220 AND RULAU CHI 108.

ANOTHER NGC GRADED MS 61 EXAMPLE WAS SOLD BY STACKS BOWERS AUCTIONS IN 2021 FOR $456.00.

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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