BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-166 MS 65

Owner Comments:

THERE IS ONLY (1) MS 67 PL EXAMPLE LISTED AS FINER PER THE NGC CENSUS AS OF 3/2024.

HERITAGE AUCTIONS SOLD THE NGC GRADED MS 67 PL EXAMPLE FOR $432.00 IN FEBRUARY 2023. THIS EXAMPLE IS ALSO THE ONLY PROOFLIKE LISTED IN THE NGC CENSUS, WITH NO DEEP PROOFLIKES.

"BIRD'S-EYE VIEW DOLLAR". The view on this medal is clearly not a "birdseye view" despite the use of that term in its legend. Made from the new wonder metal of the time, aluminum. ALSO CATALOGUED AS EGLIT 21.

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.