So-Called Dollar Help Needed. Is this HK-685?
cmerlo1
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I picked this up at a show earlier today from a dealer's 'big box of tokens and miscellaneous stuff'. I find myself buying more and more exonumia at shows, and this one caught my eye. A quick search on eBay showed lots of examples of the design, but none were bimetallic. I looked it up in my 1963 edition of Hibler and Kappen (hey, I know I need a new one), and it appears to be HK-685 and is listed then as 'extremely rare'. Can anyone confirm if this is HK-685, and if it's still extremely rare almost 60 years later?
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I'm no expert on these but comparing it to other examples on google it looks to be the bimettallic example. Nice!
That's not an event that I follow but it's sort of interesting as a bi-metallic issue. I haven't seen one before and searched at a couple auction sites I frequent: I found a single listing at Heritage from around a year ago, raw XF45 that sold for $216. NGC pop report lists two, MS63 and AU58. Yours looks like maybe a VF.
There are other collectors here who chase these issues from Santa Monica, they'll show up if this stays on page one for a few days and should have better information. Hibler-Kappen 2nd edition lists it as an R8.
Yes that is exactly what it is. R8. But because of low grade the value would of course be less. Here is a better example for comparison. Terrific pick btw.
Just to make things more interesting there are three other bimetal strikes besides this type (bronze w/ aluminum center):
HK-684 - brass with bronze center
HK-685a - brass with aluminum center
HK-685b - aluminum with brass center
In my experience the HK-685 shows up the most frequently of the bimetals. Then to make things even more interesting there are a number of examples of the aluminum medal that are anodized various colors, blue and gold being the most frequently seen.
When I lived in the PNW, and went to coin shows, the token collectors all seemed to be seeking Bi-metallic items.... I would hear them ask dealers for those type specifically. Apparently - at least at that time - they were sought after. Never collected them myself. Cheers, RickO
Nice acquisition.
While in High school in the 60;s we would go to this amusement park. We knew it as Pacific Ocean Park. Loved the roller coaster. Don't know if it is still there.
Thaks, everyone! Definitely sounds worthy of slabbing, so off it goes at some point.