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So-Called Dollars
suspension as usual. Obv: WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
above a front facing bust of Bryan. View of FAIRVIEW, his
residence at LINCOLN, NEB.9
This is the medal, the obverse of which is pictured in the
introductory section to the Bryan Dollars in Hibler - Kappen’s
first edition of So-Called Dollars. (F)
144.
THOMAS ELDER PORTRAIT MEDAL, 1908.
DeLorey
1.51mm. Aluminum. Choice PL Brilliant Uncirculated with light
hairlines. Obverse: Bust to the right, THOMAS L. ELDER to
either side. Reverse: THOMAS L. ELDER/ 32. EAST 23
RD
ST./
NEWYORKCITY/ NUMISMATISTAND/ DEALER IN. RARE
COINS/ AND MEDALS/ COLLECTIONS CATALOGUED/
FOR/ PUBLIC SALE.
This medal is pictured on page 126 of the first edition of H&K’s
book on So-Called Dollars above his biography. (F-G)
145.
HK 780. GORHAM CO. CARTWHEEL DOLLAR, 1896.
R5, Shornstein 6; Zerbe 5. 51.9mm. Silver. About Uncirculated
with attractive original toning.
This popular cartwheel dollar was issued by the Gorham
Company for the 1896 Presidential campaign. At the time it
was issued, 823 grains of coin silver was equal to the value of
one gold dollar. Four years later, when the company issued
a similar piece for the 1900 campaign, the value of silver had
fallen so that it took 870 grains of coin silver to equal one
dollar. These Gorham Dollars were voted #22 in the Whitman
listing of the 100 Greatest American Tokens and Medals (G-H)
146.
HK 830. AARON WHITE DOLLAR, 1859.
R6.
Sullivan
AI 1859
-
1. 35mm. Brass. MMNS AU-50. With some scattered
dark spots, as shown. “NEVER KEEP A PAPER DOLLAR IN
YOUR POCKET TILL TOMORROW.” These medalets were
issued by an eccentric Connecticut lawyer, Aaron White, to
publicize his belief that the Federal Government was going
bankrupt because of its undue reliance on paper currency. ( G )
147.
HK 852. DICKESON “RESTRIKE” OF THE
CONTINENTAL DOLLAR, 1876
. R7. DeLorey Dickeson-1.
Silver. NGC MS 65. Prooflike. Only 50 examples in silver were
made from these dies which copied the design of the original
Continental Dollar. Examples struck from the Dickeson dies are
thus not “restrikes” as they were not struck from the original
Continental Dollar dies.
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Lot 144
Lot 145
Lot 146