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


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 (C1960) CO HK-718 "EAST TINCUP"
Grade: NGC MS 65 PL
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, 1960, Ni-AR, "EAST TINCUP", WINDSOR HOTEL COMMEMORATION, (CIRCA 1960), GOLDEN, CO, So Called Dollar HK-718 Nickel-Silver, NGC MS65PL, Cert# 3108316-018. TYPE I. Obv. Edifice; to l. is female bust facing r., within circle; above Baby Doe, below Tabor; to r. is male bust, facing l., within circle; above H. A. W., below Tabor; above edifice Silver Tradition; below edifice The Windsor; Rv. Miner or prospector proceeding r. leading pack donkey; above Re-Live the Old West / With Us; below all East Tincup. Colo. Purpose: Commemorates Windsor Hotel, first plush hotel in Denver, demolished circa 1960; owned by H. A. W. Tabor, "silver king" of state. Tabor Hotel in East Tincup was replica; contained many items owned originally by Tabor and wife, "Baby Doe." Medal issued privately; sold at "bank" in East Tincup, replica of mining town of 1880s; opened as tourist attraction 1960 at cost of over $250,000; was located 12 miles west of Denver on route U.S. 40 near Golden, CO, but now defunct. Medals designed by W. M. Webber Jr., operator of enterprise; 1,000 of each struck by Wendell-Northwestern.

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