So-Called Dollar HK-497 1948 CALIFORNIA GOLD DISCOVERY CENTENNIAL in original holder

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• coinsarefun Posts: 21,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 30, 2017 2:42PM

  Awesome, right up my alley!

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 31, 2017 6:49AM

  Wow.... now that is cool.... I love gold anyway....Is that a recent acquisition? Cheers, RickO

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• Smittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 31, 2017 7:00AM

  @ricko said:
  Wow.... now that is cool.... I love gold anyway....Is that a recent acquisition? Cheers, RickO

  I have more elsewhere got them long ago, just have to find them.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 31, 2017 7:01AM

  Several of them? Very nice....Cheers, RickO

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• WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,253 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 31, 2017 8:50AM edited May 22, 2024 7:31PM

  One of the unplated bronze medals, HK-496:

  
  California Gold Discovery Centennial Medal

  Obverse:
  Miner facing right kneeling in creek holding pan, cabin behind him
  CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA 1848-1948

  Reverse:
  Minerva in Roman costume, bear above, mountains, river, miner digging.
  This design is a version of the California State Seal with some modifications.

  Bronze, 40MM, 24.38gm, octagonal, medal orientation
  Catalog: HK-496 (Hibler and Kappen, So-Called Dollars).

  

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• asheland Posts: 23,624 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 31, 2017 9:36AM

  Very cool!

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• illini420 Posts: 11,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 31, 2017 2:57PM

  I like it! Thanks for sharing!

  

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