Alaska Gold, ONE, Head Left, NGC AU Det (on GC if you want to look)
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All,
This is a RARE gold piece from Alaska, part of Hart's Coins of the West series. Rarely seen for sale. I hesitate to put this thread here, but this is rare enough to do so, in case there is some interest here. Straight graded pieces have sold on Heritage for $1450 to nearly $4k, all in AU condition. Several cleaned examples have sold in the $800-1200 range. This one starts at $1!
Information taken from MEHARTGold.com
Rarity 7
Coin turn
Head left
16 stars
Plain edge.
Diameter: 14.4mm
Weight: 1.53gm
Equivalents: Locke (2001) 2nd of 2.
"In terms of its design, AIRD-3 is a mule. The obverse imitates the AIRD series, but the reverse design is taken from the AERD series. Some would argue that the variety does not belong in the Hart set, but Zerbe-as-M.E. Hart makes no reference to the pinch denomination in either his mailing card or frame.
NGC has also repeatedly identified the variety as a Hart set entry, e.g. Lot 1136-3386, Lot 1204-12486, Lot 1235-99399.
Most likely, the variety was struck circa-1915 for sale at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
This variety is discussed in the January 1999 issue of the Brasher Bulletin, in Jay Roe's article Zerbe's Panama-Pacific Gold Token Patterns."
Information taken from MEHARTGold.com
Good luck and bid on!
Cheers,
Surf
Comments
Well,it's looking very nice
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Nice!
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