Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1859 NY HK-589B NASSAU WATER WORKS
Grade: NGC MS 60
Owner: Spencer Collection
 
Set Category: Token & Medals
Set Name: Spencer Collection of So Called Dollars
Slot Name: HK-705 BR, Northampton Tercentenniary
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Medal, 1859, WM, NASSAU WATER WORKS, BROOKLYN NEW YORK, United States, So Called Dollar HK-589B White Metal, NGC MS60, Cert# 2152392-011. Celebration Medal for Water being brought to Brooklyn 1859. Difficult to obtain in Mint State, (Rarity-5, but rarer in Mint State). Obv. Neptune seated, facing to l., r. hand working lever, l. arm around pipe from which water gushes; below, on base, microscopic F.B.S. & H.; below, Commcd. July / 1856; above, around, Nassau Water Works; Rv. Edifice with tall smokestack; on edifice base, microscopic F.B. Smith & Hartmann; above, around, Water Introduced in the City of Brooklyn / December 1858; below edifice, Celebrated April / 1859. Attractive. HK-589a Bronze. 33mm. Rulau NY 2006. HK-589b White Metal. Rulau NY 2008. HK-589c Silver. Rulau NY 2007.

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