Owner Comments:
THERE ARE ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES OF THIS TYPE IN THE NGC CENSUS, (1) MS 60, (2) MS 61'S, AND THIS AU 50 AS OF 8/2023.
I ALSO OWNED ONE OF THE MS 61 EXAMPLES. VERY RARE TYPE INDEED. THIS TYPE HAS BEEN GIVEN A RARITY R-6 IN JEFF SHEVLIN'S AND BILL HYDER'S NEW SO-CALLED DOLLAR BOOK (21-75 KNOWN). THIS MIGHT BE AN OVERESTIMATION OF THIS TYPE IN MY OPINION.
MY NGC GRADED MS 61 EXAMPLE SOLD IN A HERITAGE AUCTION IN 2022 FOR $192.00. THIS IS THE ONLY SALE OF THIS MEDAL TYPE THAT I CAN FIND.
STATE DOLLARS, MICHIGAN FORESTRY EXHIBIT.
ALSO CATALOGUED AS EGLIT 220 AND RULAU CHI 108.
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.