BRUCE THOMAS COLLECTION OF SO-CALLED DOLLARS AND OTHER MEDALS
HK-291 MS 63 DPL

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Origin/Country: United States BUFFALO, NY 1901
Item Description: BRASS SC$1 1901 NY HK-291 BUFFALO DOLLAR PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION HK-291 Bruce Thomas Collection
Full Grade: NGC MS 63 DPL
Owner: Bruce Thomas Collection

Owner Comments:

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF (56) OF THIS TYPE GRADED BY NGC AS OF 3/2024, BUT ONLY (10) OF THOSE ARE DESIGNATED AS DPL'S, WITH ONLY (3) MS 64 DPL'S FINER IN DPL.

STACKS BOWERS SOLD A MS 62 PL EXAMPLE OF THIS MEDAL FOR $402.50 IN 2010.

GOLDBERG AUCTIONS SOLD A MS 64 EXAMPLE IN 2009 FOR $575.00.

THIS SO-CALLED DOLLAR TYPE IS TOUGHER THAN MOST COLLECTORS REALIZE. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY DEEP PROOFLIKES THAT HAVE SOLD IN AUCTIONS.

PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION 1901, BUFFALO, NY BUFFALO DOLLAR IN BRASS.

Purpose: To promote "trade and social relations" with our Pan-American neighbors

Official Medals struck in Mint Exhibit on grounds; designed by George Thomas Brewster.

It will be remembered that tragedy struck the Exposition and the Nation on Sept. 6, 1901. President William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, was greeting citizens late that afternoon in Temple of Music when shot down by Leon Czolgosz, anarchist terrorist. The President died Sept. 14.

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