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Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I found a box with 5 of them 4 Silver looking and one Gold plat they look like this.

Thanks for any info, Type2.

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  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bashlow Continental Dollar restrikes. That one is aluminum, HK-854a. The gold-looking one you mention is presumably goldine, HK-856a. Also struck in silver (HK-852a) and bronze (HK-854a). Prices vary widely, from $10 to $100+ for slabbed specimens. I see recent eBay sales in the $30 for aluminum specimens, which is reasonable.
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you this helps i have alot of So-called Dollars and dont know much about them.What make them So-called dollars?


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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,867 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The first thing I would do is to take them out of those PVC flips and, if safe, dip them in acetone to remove any PVC. Can anyone here verify that acetone is safe on goldine or aluminum?

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  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What make them So-called dollars? >>

    There are official criteria related to subject matter, size, and a few other things. The name comes from the size, with the idea being that they're basically the same size as a silver dollar. However, there are so many exceptions that the official criteria don't mean a whole lot.

    For practical purposes, a So-Called Dollar is "an example of something that Hibler and Kappen decided to include in their 1963 book."
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Acetone will not react with aluminum or goldine.... (goldine is an alloy of copper and zinc) Cheers, RickO
  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool i get it handeled, Buy Hibler Kappen book if i can find one. image


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  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The book is readily available (eBay, suppliers vendors) for about $40.

    Most of the information (no rarities or pricing) is available online

    Or, just post more pictures here. :-)
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

    Sounds like a give away is in order. image


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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How about showing the Trade Dollar that is in the top border of the first image in this thread ?

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  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How about showing the Trade Dollar that is in the top border of the first image in this thread ? >>

    Man You guy see every thing.



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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Whoa! That's definitely worth something! image

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