Some grades and TV's.

keets

I recently submitted a small group of raw medals using the Economy level, mainly because everyone had been having such a fast turn-around. After testing the waters I will agree, very fast considering my past few Regular level submissions. This one took a week from posting as "Received" till the grades and TV's were up.

Line Items Cert # PCGS # Description Grade Country My Estimate
1 1 36976842 642678 1901 Medal HK-291 MS63 USA --- MS63.
2 1 36976843 642700 1904 SC$1 HK-303 La. Purchase Expo Bronze, BN Genuine (92 - Cleaned) USA --- MS64.
3 1 36976844 643830 1910 Medal HK-392 Brian Boru Dollar Aluminum MS64 USA --- MS63/64.
4 1 36976845 643575 1897 SC$1 HK-837 Alum W/Brz Center Bickford Dollar MS64 USA --- MS63.
5 1 36976846 20021 (1935-1936) 5C Alaska RRC Bingle AU58 USA --- MS62.
6 1 36976847 20022 (1935-1936) 10C Alaska RRC Bingle MS64 USA --- MS63.
7 1 36976848 N/A Not Available N/A N/A --- PR69DCAM.

HK-291/Buffalo Dollar, MS63 --- This is one of my favorite medals for its simple design. Most of the medals I have seen have reflective, PL fields that tend to be very delicate and suffer from oxidation which can often be damaging. This one has started to head in that direction but looks quite nice, the areas of blue still hold a smooth finish. Overall the look is pleasant. I think it's an R-5/6 but finding them nice is hard, Brass is just more delicate and prone to damage than Copper/Bronze. Also, it commemorates an important Exhibition where President William McKinley was assassinated with Thomas Elder acting as the Telegrapher for Government at the site.

HK-392/Brian Boru Dollar, MS64 --- One of my favorite designs. This is the second aluminum medal I have owned, I sold the first in hopes of finding a Bronze replacement but to date I have seen a single example in that metal. Brian Boru was the first "Irish King" and is noteworthy for consolidating power and unifying his Country.

HK-837/Bickford Dollar, MS63 --- A nice bi-metallic example of a tribute to President William McKinley. The idea of a circulating currency dates back to the 1870's and was prompted by the issuer, Dana Bickford, who had difficulty exchanging currency while traveling in Europe to promote his invention, an Automatic Knitting Machine. He contacted then Director of the Mint Dr. Henry Linderman who was impressed with the idea. The result was a Pattern listed as Judd 1373-78 but the idea was never followed up on to issue a coin.

ARRC "Bingles" 5C and 10C, AU58 and MS64 --- These last two are from 1935 and were struck by the US Mint. They were used as trade tokens by settlers who relocated to from the Upper Midwest to Palmer, Alaska in an attempt to offer relief during the depression and settle the area. The project failed but the town and some of the original settlers remained. The Tokens are listed in the Redbook and there's plenty of interesting information about the project available.

The Tokens themselves are quite scarce and hard to find. Often, they are offered for sale as a complete set, so finding singles is a daunting task. Thus far I have a 1c, 5c, 10c and 25c but now the sledding gets tough. Struck in aluminum these minor denominations are delicate and many have been abused and suffer from poor storage.

Al H.

Cameonut

Very nice keets!
I also like the buffalo design - that one is a stunner.

I also think that finding these pieces in decent condition is extremely hard. I've been looking for/at medals and SC$s for a long time - it's hard to find dealers that carry much stock in my region.

abcde12345

Buffalo looks sick!

ricko

Nice medals... I like the Brian Boro(u) medal...Cheers, RickO

Gluggo

Outstanding tokens/coins and presentation. Thank you