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


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1961 HK-589 PONY EXPRESS TERMINATION
Grade: NGC MS 66 RD
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, 1961, Bz, PONY EXPRESS TERMINATION CENTENNIAL, United States, Struck by Philadelphia Mint, So Called Dollar HK-589 Bz, Turner 5, NGC MS66RD, Cert# 1992417-008. Obv. In center circle is scene of telegraph key and wire and dismounted horse (symbolizing end of Pony Express); below The Pony Express / Terminated by the Telegraph / Salt Lake City Utah / October 24, 1861; outside circle, above United States 1961 Centennial Medal; at lower border are 34 stars in two rows around. Rv. In center is horse and dismounted rider, telegraph wires in background; below An Immortal Service / to the Union / signed A. Lincoln; upper border legend * The Pony Express *; lower legend St. Joseph to Sacramento. Medal issued by National Pony Express Centennial Association, Salt Lake City; designed by Roy J. Olsen; authorized by 86th Congress and struck at Philadelphia Mint. Medal commemorates termination of eighteen months opera­tion of Pony Express brought about by completion of transcontinental telegraph Oct. 24, 1861. President Lincoln characterized Express as "an immortal service to the Union."

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