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


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Set Details
Coin Description: SC$1 1954 NY HK-511 CRADLE OF THE UNION ALBANY 200TH ANNIVERSARY
Grade: NGC PF 64 ULTRA CAMEO
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, GOLD, 1954, CRADLE OF THE UNION CELEBRATION, Albany, NY, So Called Dollar HK-511 Gold, NGC PR64 UCAM, Cert# 2012124-037. The ONLY GOLD Proof Ultra Cameo Extant. Obv. Edifice, below Albany Stadt Huys--within circle; outside, above around * 200th Anniversary * Albany Congress of 1754 *; outside, below around 1754 Albany Cradle of the Union 1954; Rv. Across center to r., serpent in segments, each segment marked with initials of the 7 Colonies and New England, i.e., S.C., N.C., V., M., P., N.J., N.Y., and N.E.; above Designed by Benjamin Franklin / 1754; below serpent, a line across; below line Join, or Die--all within center circle; outside, above around * Here Was Adopted Franklin's Plan of Union *; outside, below around Forerunner of the U. S. Constitution. 38mm. HK-511 Gold. Proof. Turner A1. Medals: Official Medals authorized by 83rd Congress; designed by Stanley LeNoir, struck at Philadelphia Mint. Issue limited to 50 Gold (.900 fine), 1,250 Silver (.925 fine) and 4,000 Bronze; sold from Celebration Headquarters, Albany for $68.75, $3.50 and $1.50, respectively. Reverse design is based on Ben Franklin's famous cartoon first published in Pennsylvania Gazette March, 1754, and reprinted continually thereafter up and down the Colonies. Ex Jeff Shevlin Collection. Purchased during the first annual meeting of the So Called Dollar Guys in Dayton, Nevada, April 3-6, 2014. This medal in gold is seldom seen. Historical Purpose: To honor 200th anniversary of Albany Congress of 1754, historically the First American Congress, at which Benjamin Franklin presented first plan of Federal Union, authentic forerunner of Articles of Confederation of 1776 and of U.S. Constitution of 1787. Rarity-7.

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