Owner Comments:
TOKEN APPEARANCE/CONDITION:
Choice Uncirculated — Octagonal Shaped
*Lustrous, brilliant golden fields; Incredibly well-preserved for its age and rarity. Relatively weak strike as noted by the lettering on the left-hand side of the obverse. - Handsome overall specimen of a rarer denomination. Only a few $1 examples reside in this collection.*
TOKEN BACKGROUND:
Token used by “Joseph Micheletti” in Hannah, Colorado for $1.00 in trade circa mid 20th century. — Very few tokens have been photographed in Pritchard’s guide; only rare/appealing issues. Pictured on Plate 19 under the “Miscellaneous” category. — There are only 5 issues and denominations listed under Hannah, Colorado in general; all are by Joseph Micheletti (5C/10C/25C/50C/$1); all are scare to rare. The survival rate between the issues ranges from 4-23.
CATALOG NUMBER(S):
Pritchard HA125-100
CMT H200e
RARITY: Pritchard estimates ~22 examples are known
NGC Census not available.
TOKEN DESCRIPTION:
(Brass, 28mm, Octagonal, Plain Edge)
OBVERSE: Joseph / Micheletti / Hannah, Colo.
REVERSE: Good for / 1.00 / in Trade
HISTORICAL TOWN/CITY BACKGROUND:
(Hannah, Colorado):
Town must have been very small and did not exist for long. No information on this town could be found, despite in-depth research.