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So a freind brought over an 1853 California gold 1/2 dollar.

TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,809 ✭✭✭✭✭
Do any of the real ones have a bear on the reverse?
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, just the souvener ones that are not of the period. You can see some pics on the BST as I have
    a little set up for sale there (SPAM)!

    bobimage

    edited: Your friends will not have a DOL or DOLLAR or such but will have a 1/2, 1/4 or such but not
    the denomination.
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,809 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks AUand AG
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,840 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Do any of the real ones have a bear on the reverse? >>



    You could buy those at Woolworths in the 1960s for $2 each. If it has a bear on it, it's no good.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?

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